The Spearman Medal was an early-career award of the British Psychological Society's Research Board, given in recognition of outstanding published work in psychology which represented a significant body of work in terms of theoretical contributions, originality, and impact. The award was inaugurated in 1965 and is named in honour of Charles Spearman. Medal winners were invited to give the Spearman Medal Lecture at the society's annual conference.[1]
In 2021, it was decided to retire this award in view of concern at the links Spearman had with the eugenics movement.[2]
Source: British Psychology Society
| Year | Medal winner[3] | |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Anne Treisman | |
| 1966 | - | |
| 1967 | Alan Cowey | |
| 1968 | - | |
| 1969 | Peter B. Warr | |
| 1970 | Kevin J. Connolly | |
| 1971 | - | |
| 1972 | - | |
| 1973 | Susan Iversen | |
| 1974 | Philip N. Johnson-Laird | |
| 1975 | David J. Wood | |
| 1976 | Edmund Rolls | |
| 1977 | - | |
| 1978 | Howard Giles | |
| 1979 | - | |
| 1980 | Gregory V. Jones | |
| 1981 | Trevor W. Robbins | |
| 1982 | Andrew W. Ellis | |
| 1983 | - | |
| 1984 | Geoffrey Beattie | |
| 1985 | Charles Hulme | |
| 1986 | Glyn W. Humphreys | |
| 1987 | Miles Hewstone | |
| 1988 | Stephen B. Dunnett | |
| 1989 | Susan E. Gathercole | |
| 1990 | Simon Baron-Cohen | |
| 1991 | Jane Oakhill | |
| 1992 | Usha Goswami | |
| 1993 | Peter W. Halligan | |
| 1994 | Jonathon Driver | |
| 1995 | Michael Oaksford | |
| 1996 | Nick Chater | |
| 1997 | Neil Macrae | |
| 1998 | Francesca Happé | |
| 1999 | Simon Killcross | |
| 2000 | Kate Nation | |
| 2001 | Gregory R. Maio | |
| 2002 | Thalia C. Eley | |
| 2003 | - | |
| 2004 | Jolanda Jetten | |
| 2005 | Padraic Monaghan | |
| 2006 | Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and Richard J. Crisp | |
| 2007 | Christopher Chambers | |
| 2008 | Tom Manly | |
| 2009 | Matt Field | |
| 2010 | Emily A. Holmes | |
| 2011 | Essi Viding | |
| 2012 | Angelica Ronald[4] | |
| 2013 | Jonathan Roiser[5] | |
| 2014 | Roi Cohen Kadosh | |
| 2015 | Iroise Dumontheil | |
| 2016 | Michael Banissy | |
| 2017 | Rachael Jack (University of Glasgow) and Claire Haworth (University of Bristol)[6] | |
| 2018 | Aidan Horner | |
| 2019 | Stephen Fleming | |
| 2020 | Richard Cook |