John Stein is Professor of Neurophysiology, University of Oxford, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Chair of the Dyslexia Research Trust. After studying Medicine and Neurology at Oxford University, he was appointed tutor in Medicine at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1970.
John's research focuses on how vision controls movement – in patients with movement disorders, dyslexic children and antisocial offenders, for example. He collaborates with with Dr Sue Fowler on visual dyslexia, and with the Institute of Food, Brain & Behaviour on the influence of nutrition on behaviour.
This work has enabled Professor Stein to develop simple treatments, such as coloured filters and omega-3 fish oils, to improve their function and thus greatly improve reading in dyslexics, without endangering their artistic talents.
John likes to point out that he doesn't cook fish and his brother, TV seafood chef Rick Stein, doesn’t do neuroscience!
John's research focuses on how vision controls movement – in patients with movement disorders, dyslexic children and antisocial offenders, for example. He collaborates with with Dr Sue Fowler on visual dyslexia, and with the Institute of Food, Brain & Behaviour on the influence of nutrition on behaviour.
This work has enabled Professor Stein to develop simple treatments, such as coloured filters and omega-3 fish oils, to improve their function and thus greatly improve reading in dyslexics, without endangering their artistic talents.
John likes to point out that he doesn't cook fish and his brother, TV seafood chef Rick Stein, doesn’t do neuroscience!
