Eleanor Maguire

**Eleanor Anne Maguire** (27 Maris 1970 - 4 Janairu 2025) ta kasance Masanin Kimiyyar kwakwalwa na Irish wanda ya kasance Farfesa na Cognitive Neuroscience a Kwalejin Jami'ar London,    inda ta kasance babban mai bincike na Wellcome Trust,   daga 2007 har zuwa mutuwarta a 2025.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Maguire a Dublin, Ireland a ranar 27 ga Maris 1970.  Ta yi karatun ilimin halayyar dan adam a Kwalejin Jami'ar Dublin kuma ta kammala karatu tare da digiri na farko (BA Hons) a shekarar 1990.  Ta yi karatun neuropsychology na asibiti da gwaji a Jami'ar Wales, Swansea kuma ta kammala karatu tare da digiri na Master of Science a shekarar 1991.  Ta gudanar da digiri na Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) a Kwalejin Jami'ar Dublin,  Ireland, inda ta fara sha'awar tushen ƙwaƙwalwar ƙwaƙwalwa yayin aiki tare da marasa lafiya a matsayin masanin ilimin kwakwalwa a asibitin Beaumont, Dublin. Ta kammala digirinta na PhD a shekara ta 1994,  kuma an kira rubutun digirin ta Real-world spatial memory bayan tiyata a cikin mutane. 

## Bincike da aiki
Maguire ta yi aiki a matsayin Babban Binciken Bincike na Wellcome Trust  da Farfesa na Cognitive Neuroscience a Cibiyar Bincike ta Wellcome Trust don Neuroimaging a Kwalejin Jami'ar London,  Burtaniya, inda ta kasance mataimakiyar darakta. Maguire ya jagoranci dakin gwaje-gwaje na Memory and Space a cibiyar. Bugu da kari, ta kasance memba mai daraja na Sashen Neuropsychology, Asibitin Kasa na Neurology da Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London.

Maguire da sauransu sun lura cewa rarraba yankunan kwakwalwa suna tallafawa ƙwaƙwalwar ɗan adam (autobiographical), wanda aka bayyana a matsayin ƙwaƙwalwa don abubuwan da ke faruwa na yau da kullun, [1] kuma wannan cibiyar sadarwar kwakwalwa ta haɗu sosai da wannan kewayawa a cikin sararin samaniya da sauran ayyuka daban-daban na fahimta kamar tunanin da tunani game da nan gaba. [2] A cikin bincikenta Maguire ta nemi sanya ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya a cikin mahallin fahimta mai zurfi don fahimtar yadda yankunan kwakwalwa na yau da kullun, da kuma yiwuwar matakai na yau da kullum, suna tallafawa irin waɗannan ayyuka daban-daban. Ta wannan hanyar tana fatan samun sabon abu da mahimman bayanai game da hanyoyin da ke ciki.[3]

Kungiyar ta yi amfani da daidaitattun kwakwalwa gaba ɗaya da ƙuduri mai ƙarfi na tsarin da kuma aiki na magnetic resonance tare da gwajin halayyar da gwajin neuropsychological na marasa lafiya masu amnesic don bin manufofin su. Sun fi amfani da ingantattun muhalli ko 'rayuwa ta ainihi' gwajin gwaji don bincika alaƙar kwakwalwa da halayyar; misalai sun haɗa da amfani da gaskiyar kama-da-wane don bincika kewayawa,   binciken tunanin tarihin rayuwar mutane na abubuwan da suka gabata, da kuma ikon su na tunanin abubuwan da suka faru a nan gaba da abubuwan da abubuwan da suka biyo baya. Wataƙila mafi shahara daga cikin waɗannan shine jerin karatunta game da direbobin Takis na London,   inda ta rubuta canje-canje a cikin tsarin hippocampal da ke da alaƙa da samun ilimin layout na London. An nuna sake rarraba launin toka a cikin Direbobin taksi na London idan aka kwatanta da sarrafawa. Wannan aikin a kan filastik na hippocampal ba kawai masana kimiyya masu sha'awar ba, har ma ya shiga jama'a da kafofin watsa labarai a duk duniya.

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