| Tamar Makin | |
| Native Name: | תמר. מייקין |
| Native Name Lang: | Hebrew |
| Workplaces: | University of Cambridge University College London MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit |
| Alma Mater: | Hebrew University of Jerusalem University of Oxford |
| Thesis Title: | Multisensory representation of peri-hand space |
| Thesis Url: | https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/741218435 |
| Thesis Year: | 2009 |
Tamar Makin (תמר. מייקין) is an Israeli Professor of Neuroscience at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit. Her research considers brain augmentation and motor function.
Makin studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She was awarded Fellowship to study brain plasticity at the University of Oxford, where she was eventually made a Principle Investigator.[1]
In 2016, Makin joined the faculty at University College London, where she was made a professor of Cognitive Neuroscience.[2] Her research considers brain plasticity. At UCL Makin studied how artificial limbs were represented in the brains of people with amputations.[3] [4] She moved to the University of Cambridge in 2022, where was awarded a European Research Council Starting Grant.[5]
She is a professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Unit. Makin is interested in the reorganisation of the adult brain. She is interested in how habitual behaviour (e.g. the use of a prosthesis or motor augmentation) impacts the reorganisation of the brain. Makin combines neuroscience, psychology and bioengineering and to help people benefit from brain plasticity.