Andrew King (neurophysiologist)

King was educated at Northolt High School^[1] and graduated from King's College London with a Bachelor of Science degree^[when?] and was a PhD student at the National Institute for Medical Research^[1] where his doctoral research investigated the representation of visual and auditory space in the superior colliculus of guinea pigs. His was awarded a PhD in 1984 by the University of London.^[6]

King discovered that the mammalian brain contains a spatial map of the auditory world and showed that its development is shaped by sensory experience.^[2] His work has also demonstrated that the adult brain represents sound features in a remarkably flexible way, continually adjusting to variations in the statistical distribution of sounds associated with different acoustic environments as well to longer term changes in input resulting from hearing loss.^[2] In addition to furthering our understanding of the neural basis for auditory perception, his research is helping to inform better treatment strategies for the hearing impaired.^[2]

King was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2018 for "substantial contributions to the improvement of natural knowledge".^[7][2][8] He is also a Fellow of The Physiological Society.^[5]

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