Academy of Social Sciences in Australia

Academy Fellows

Year elected: 2005
Panel: D
Discipline: Psychology

Professor Bob Boakes

School of Psychology
Faculty of Science
University of Sydney

Boakes, Robert Alan. BA (Hons) (Cantab), PhD (Harvard)

Professor Bob Boakes is a member, and Former Head, of the School of Psychology, University of Sydney. He specialises in the psychology of learning, and in particular experimental studies of associative learning in both animals and man. His current main interests include the persistence of acquired likings and dislikings, especially for flavours and odours.

Other areas include:

  • history of psychology
  • odour memory
  • wine expertise


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