Lucy Cheke

Lucy Cheke is a Fellow at the University of Cambridge, affiliated with the School of Biological Sciences and the Department of Psychology. Her research focuses on learning and memory, cognitive development, and translational memory assessment across animals, children, adults, and AI. She also investigates health impacts on memory, particularly in the context of obesity. Cheke's work integrates behavioural research methods, including TMS and fMRI, to explore memory mechanisms. Her research areas include obesity, memory, and cognitive development, with an emphasis on translational approaches that bridge different species and computational models.

Lucy Cheke is a Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge, specializing in episodic memory, memory development, and memory impairment. Her research explores cognitive processes across species, including comparative cognition and cognition in AI. She investigates how animals, such as Eurasian jays and New Caledonian crows, plan for future needs and understand causal relationships. Her work also examines the impact of health conditions, like obesity and long COVID, on cognitive functions. Cheke's studies contribute to understanding mental time travel in animals and the role of brain regions in autobiographical memory.