Dr Tracey Alloway

Dr Tracy Packiam Alloway is the Director of the Centre for Memory and Learning in the Lifespan at the University of Stirling, UK.

She is the author of over 75 scientific articles and books on working memory and learning, and has developed the world’s first standardized working-memory tests for educators published by Pearson. Her research has received widespread international coverage, appearing in outlets such as the Guardian, Daily Mail, Scientific American, Forbes, US News, ABC News, and NBC. She is an advisor to the World Bank on the impact of memory and learning in deprived populations.

She was the 2009 winner of the prestigious Joseph Lister Award by the British Science Association for bringing her scientific discoveries to a wide audience.

Tracy graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a PhD in Cognitive Psychology and then led several government-funded projects on working memory and learning at the University of Durham.

Tracy’s research focuses on how working memory impacts learning in typically developing children, as well as in those with ADHD, Autism, Language Impairments, Dyspraxia, and Learning Disabilities.

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