OUR BACKGROUND
The roots of BACN date back to December 1973 when 60 scientists met at Imperial College London to hold the inaugural meeting of what was then called the British Psychophysiology Society (BPPS). The group formed to establish a forum for workers in the field of psychophysiology, establish shared standards for data acquisition, promote the teaching and training of psychophysiology techniques at Universities and beyond and liaise with other societies in the area of psychological research. In 2005, the BPPS changed its name to the British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience to reflect the changing nature of the discipline. However, the society remains committed to its original aims until this day.
In 2020 we updated our logo to the one shown here.
Past presidents and honorary members
BACN has been fortunate in the leadership of past presidents who have contributed much to the advancement of the society and contributed much of their spare time and effort for its promotion and continued success.The list of past presidents of BPPS/BACN includes:
Torsten Baldeweg
Peter Venables
Irene Martin
David Siddle
Tony Gale
Gudrun Sartory
Graham Turpin
Geoff Barrett
John Gruzelier
John Hinton
Gina Rippon
Adrian Burgess
Stephen Jackson
In addition to our past presidents BPPS/BACN has a number of honorary members. These include:
Peter Venables
Irene Martin
Alan Glass
Kees Brunia
Geoff Barrett
OLD newsletterS
In the past BACN regularly circled a digital newsletter among its members. Nowadays we share our news with you via our social media accounts. So make sure you follow us on facebook and twitter @bacn_uk! If you are interested, here are some of our past newsletters: