Alan Baddeley is Professor of Psychology at the University of York, UK. He was awarded a CBE for his contributions to the study of memory and is a Fellow of the Royal Society, the British Academy, the Academy of Medical Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Michael W. Eysenck is Professor Emeritus in Psychology and Honorary Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is also a Professorial Fellow at the University of Roehampton, UK. He received a Lifetime Career Award from the Stress and Anxiety Research Society in 2009.

Michael C. Anderson is Senior Scientist and Programme Leader at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, UK.