# Keith Laws > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Keith_Laws > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Keith_Laws.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Laws > Source revision: 1351009496 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British professor of neuropsychology}} {{Use British English|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Keith R. Laws | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|4|6|df=y}} | birth_place = London, England | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = [Neuropsychology](/source/Neuropsychology) | occupation = [Psychologist](/source/Psychologist) }} '''Keith R. Laws''' is a British academic who serves as professor of [neuropsychology](/source/neuropsychology) at the School of [Psychology](/source/Psychology) at the [University of Hertfordshire](/source/University_of_Hertfordshire).{{cite web|title=Academia|url=https://herts.academia.edu/KeithLaws|access-date=15 October 2012}} Laws' research centres on how cognitive functions and processes relate to brain structure and function; notably for research on cognitive functioning in people suffering from neurological and psychiatric disorders. ==Career== Laws completed a PhD at the Department of Experimental Psychology, [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge). He is the author of over 100 papers and a recent book entitled 'Category-Specificity: Evidence for Modularity of Mind'.{{cite book | last1 = Laws | first1 = Keith | last2 = Adlington | first2 = Rebecca L | last3 = Gale | first3 = Tim M | last4 = Moreno-Martínez | first4 = Francisco J | title = Category-specificity: evidence for modularity of mind | publisher = Nova Science Publishers | location = New York | year = 2010 | isbn = 9781608766437 }} He is a Chartered Psychologist, [Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS)](/source/British_Psychological_Society),{{cite web|title=Associate Fellow (AFBPsS)|url=http://www.bps.org.uk/what-we-do/membership/associate-fellow-afbpss/associate-fellow-afbpss|publisher=The British Psychological Society|access-date=30 January 2014}} [Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)](/source/Higher_Education_Academy),{{cite web|title=Professional Recognition|url=http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/professional-recognition|publisher=The Higher Education Academy|access-date=30 January 2014}} a Fellow of the [Royal Society of Arts](/source/Royal_Society_of_Arts) (FRSA) and various academic organisations including the British Neuropsychological Society,{{cite web|title=Home page|publisher=British Neuropsychological Society}} British Neuropsychiatric Association,{{cite web|title=Home page|url=http://www.bnpa.org.uk/|publisher=The British NeuroPsychiatry Association|access-date=30 January 2014}} Experimental Psychology Society.{{cite web|title=Home page|url=http://www.eps.ac.uk/|publisher=Experimental Psychology Society|access-date=30 January 2014}} and an editor at [PLOS ONE](/source/PLOS_ONE).{{cite web|title=Editorial Board|url=http://www.plosone.org/static/edboard|publisher=PLOS One|access-date=30 January 2014}} Laws, with his colleagues, created one of the first research groups to investigate impairment of everyday knowledge in patients with [schizophrenia](/source/schizophrenia) and to demonstrate worse cognitive outcomes in women suffering from [Alzheimer's disease](/source/Alzheimer's_disease). Laws' work on the link between [MDMA](/source/MDMA) (also known as ecstasy) drug use and poor memory is the principal analysis of its kind to date, and has been broadly cited in both national and international media. In 2013 he published a study showing that women are better at multitasking than men.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24645100|title = Women 'better at multitasking' than men, study finds|work = BBC News|date = 24 October 2013}} ==Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp)== Laws has been a strong critic of the use of [CBT](/source/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy) for treating the psychotic symptoms associated with schizophrenia.{{Cite journal | last1 = Laws | first1 = Keith R | last2 = Lynch | first2 = D | last3 = McKenna | first3 = Peter J | title = Cognitive behavioural therapy for major psychiatric disorder: does it really work? A meta-analytical review of well-controlled trials | journal = Psychological Medicine | volume = 40 | issue = 1 | pages = 9–24 | doi = 10.1017/S003329170900590X | date = January 2010 | pmid = 19476688 | doi-access = free | hdl = 2299/5741 | hdl-access = free }} ==Music career== Laws was a former exponent of [experimental music](/source/experimental_music), and was a founding member of the [post-punk](/source/post-punk) band [The The](/source/The_The).{{cite web|title=Allmusic|website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/matt-johnson-mn0000382177|access-date=5 October 2012}}{{cite web|title=Discogs|website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Keith+Laws|access-date=5 October 2012}} Laws is credited by fellow {{Not a typo|the The}} founder [Matt Johnson](/source/Matt_Johnson_(singer)) as being the originator of the band name. Laws answered an advertisement placed by Johnson in ''[NME](/source/NME)'' in 1978, seeking musicians to form a band. {{Not a typo|The The}} as a duo, recorded the 7" [45rpm](/source/45rpm) single for 4AD, "Controversial Subject"/"Black and White". Produced by [Bruce Gilbert](/source/Bruce_Gilbert) and [Graham Lewis](/source/Graham_Lewis) of [Wire](/source/Wire_(band)), Laws played synthesiser and sang, and Matt Johnson played guitar and also contributed vocals. The record sleeve mentions both Tom Johnston and Triash ([Peter Ashworth](/source/Peter_Ashworth)) as having contributed, although the recordings featured only Laws and Johnson. Laws and Johnson played as {{Not a typo|the The}} at gigs with [Wire](/source/Wire_(band)), [Cabaret Voltaire](/source/Cabaret_Voltaire_(band)), [DAF](/source/Deutsch_Amerikanische_Freundschaft), [This Heat](/source/This_Heat), [the Birthday Party](/source/The_Birthday_Party_(band)) and [Scritti Politti](/source/Scritti_Politti).{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} In early 1981, {{Not a typo|the The}} also contributed the composition "Untitled" for ''[The Some Bizzare Album](/source/Some_Bizzare_Album)''. In September of that year, the duo of Johnson and Laws signed a deal with [Some Bizzare Records](/source/Some_Bizzare_Records), and released the 7-inch single "Cold Spell Ahead". Following final demo recordings for [Phonogram](/source/Phonogram_Records) – "Three Orange Kisses for Kazan", "Waiting for the Upturn" – Laws left to pursue his studies, leaving Johnson as a solo artist using a group moniker.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} == Bibliography == ===Books=== * {{cite book | last1 = Laws | first1 = Keith | last2 = Adlington | first2 = Rebecca L | last3 = Gale | first3 = Tim M | last4 = Moreno-Martínez | first4 = Francisco J | title = Category-specificity: evidence for modularity of mind | publisher = Nova Science Publishers | location = New York | year = 2010 | isbn = 9781608766437 }} ===Journal articles=== * {{Cite journal | last1 = Laws | first1 = Keith R | last2 = Hill | first2 = K | last3 = Mann | first3 = L | last4 = Stephenson | first4 = CME | last5 = Nimmo-Smith | first5 = Ian | last6 = McKenna | first6 = Peter J | title = Hypofrontality in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis of functional imaging studies | journal = Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica | volume = 110 | issue = 4 | pages = 243–256 | doi = 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2004.00376.x | date = October 2004 | pmid = 15352925 | hdl = 2299/873 | s2cid = 78405 | hdl-access = free }} * {{Cite journal | last1 = Laws | first1 = Keith R | last2 = Lynch | first2 = D | last3 = McKenna | first3 = Peter J | title = Cognitive behavioural therapy for major psychiatric disorder: does it really work? A meta-analytical review of well-controlled trials | journal = Psychological Medicine | volume = 40 | issue = 1 | pages = 9–24 | doi = 10.1017/S003329170900590X | date = January 2010 | pmid = 19476688 | doi-access = free | hdl = 2299/5741 | hdl-access = free }} * {{Cite journal | last1 = Laws | first1 = Keith R | last2 = Irvine | first2 = Karen | last3 = Kondel | first3 = Tejinder K | last4 = Gale | first4 = Tim M | title = Greater cognitive deterioration in women than men with Alzheimer's disease: a meta analysis | journal = Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental | volume = 34 | issue = 9 | pages = 989–998 | doi = 10.1080/13803395.2012.712676 | date = August 2012 | pmid = 22913619 | s2cid = 28300240 }} * {{Cite journal | last1 = Laws | first1 = Keith R | last2 = Sweetnam | first2 = Hilary | last3 = Kondel | first3 = Tejinder K | title = Is Ginkgo biloba a cognitive enhancer in healthy individuals? A meta-analysis | journal = Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental | volume = 27 | issue = 6 | pages = 527–533 | doi = 10.1002/hup.2259 | date = November 2012 | pmid = 23001963 | s2cid = 6307491 }} * {{Cite journal | last1 = Laws | first1 = Keith R | last2 = Irvine | first2 = Karen | title = Do women with Alzheimer's disease demonstrate greater cognitive deterioration? | journal = Neurodegenerative Disease Management | volume = 2 | issue = 6 | pages = 561–564 | doi = 10.2217/nmt.12.64 | date = December 2012 }} * {{Cite journal | last1 = Laws | first1 = Keith R | last2 = Stoet | first2 = Gijsbert | last3 = O'Connor | first3 = Daryl B | last4 = Conner | first4 = Mark | title = Are women better than men at multi-tasking? | journal = BMC Psychology | volume = 1 | issue = 1 | pages = 18 | doi = 10.1186/2050-7283-1-18 | date = October 2013 | doi-access = free }} * {{Cite journal | last1 = Laws | first1 = Keith R | last2 = Jauhar | first2 = Sameer | last3 = McKenna | first3 = Peter J | last4 = Radua | first4 = Joaquim | last5 = Fung | first5 = E | last6 = Salvador | first6 = R | title = Cognitive-behavioural therapy for the symptoms of schizophrenia: systematic review and meta-analysis with examination of potential bias | journal = The British Journal of Psychiatry | volume = 204 | issue = 1 | pages = 20–29 | doi = 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.116285 | date = January 2014 | pmid = 24385461 | doi-access = free }} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070207095611/http://psydb.herts.ac.uk/staff_list/FMPro?-db=staff%5flist%5femail&-format=recorddetail.html&-lay=details&-sortfield=surname&-max=2147483647&-recid=33650&-findall= Department of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire Staff Directory] *[https://herts.academia.edu/KeithLaws Keith Laws on Academia.edu] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Laws, Keith}} Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:Academics of the University of Hertfordshire Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge Category:British psychologists Category:Fellows of the British Psychological Society Category:Fellows of the Higher Education Academy Category:Neuropsychologists Category:The The members --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Keith Laws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Laws) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Laws?action=history)). 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