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Tamar Makin

Tamar Makin is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Tamar Makin rather than just read about it. In short: Tamar Makin (Hebrew: תמר מייקין) is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit. She is interested in brain plasticity, that is––how the brain adapts to changes in the body, with a focus on motor control and augmentation.

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Reference excerpt

Tamar Makin (Hebrew: תמר מייקין) is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit. She is interested in brain plasticity, that is––how the brain adapts to changes in the body, with a focus on motor control and augmentation.

Early life and education 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 principal investigator.

Research and career In 2016, Makin joined the faculty at University College London, where she was made a professor of Cognitive Neuroscience. Her research considers brain plasticity. At UCL, Makin studied how artificial limbs were represented in the brains of people with amputations. She moved to the University of Cambridge in 2022, where was awarded a European Research Council Starting Grant. Makin is a professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Unit. Makin studies how the human brain represents the body and how these representations change following disability, injury, or technological augmentation. Makin combines neuroscience, psychology, rehabilitation and bioengineering research to help people benefit from brain plasticity.

Selected publications Tamar R Makin; Nicholas P Holmes; H Henrik Ehrsson (7 March 2008). "On the other hand: dummy hands and peripersonal space". Behavioural Brain Research. 191 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2008.02.041. ISSN 0166-4328. PMID 18423906. Wikidata Q37142736. Tamar R Makin; Nicholas P. Holmes; Ehud Zohary (1 January 2007). "Is that near my hand? Multisensory representation of peripersonal space in human intraparietal sulcus". The Journal of Neuroscience. 27 (4): 731–740. doi:10.1523/jneurosci.3653-06.2007. ISSN 0270-6474. PMC 6672897. PMID 17251412. Wikidata Q48298721. Tamar R Makin; Jan Scholz; Nicola Filippini; David Henderson Slater; Irene Tracey; Heidi Johansen-Berg (1 January 2013). "Phantom pain is associated with preserved structure and function in the former hand area". Nature Communications. 4: 1570. Bibcode:2013NatCo...4.1570M. doi:10.1038/ncomms2571. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 3615341. PMID 23463013. Wikidata Q36736894.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tamar Makin

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tamar Makin claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Tamar Makin before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Tamar Makin ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Tamar Makin

In research: Tamar Makin appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Tamar Makin in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Tamar Makin is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Alumni of the University of Oxford, British neuroscientists, Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tamar Makin outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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