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Michon, John Albertus was born on October 29, 1935 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Son of Jaap J. and Sophia Church A. (De Ruyter) Michon.
Michon, John Albertus was born on October 29, 1935 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Son of Jaap J. and Sophia Church A. (De Ruyter) Michon.
Master of Arts, University Utrecht, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, University Leiden, The Netherlands, 1967. Dr honoris causa, University Liège, Belgium.
Research scientist Institute Perception The Netherlands Organization, Soesterberg, The Netherlands, 1960-1969, senior scientist The Netherlands, 1969-1973. Professor experimental psychology and traffic University Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands, 1971-1992, head department psychologyy The Netherlands, 1983-1996. Director Netherlands Study Center for Criminality and Law Enforcement, Leiden, 1992-1998.
Chairman, director Traffic Research Center University Groningen, 1977-1992. Visiting professor Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1986-1987. Director Netherlands Institute for Study of Criminality and Law Enforcement, 1992-1998.
Senior professor of psychonomics University Leiden, since 1992. Consultant Ministry Transport, Education, Department Transport, Great Britain, KPN Research.
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Author: Timing in Temporal Tracking, 1967, Beinvloeding van Mobiliteit, 1980. Editor: Handbook of Psychonomics, 1976, 79, Time, Mind and Behavior, 1985, Guyau and the Idea of Time, 1988, Handbook of Social Traffic Science, 1989, Soar: A Cognitive Architecture in Perspective, 1992, GIDS: Generic Intelligent Driver Support, 1993, De Kennisraffinadery, 1997, Nederlanders over Criminaliteit en Rechtshandhaving, 1997, Strafrecht tagen Drugsgebruik?, 1998.
President Netherlands Psychonomics Foundation, 1975-1980. Vice-chairman National Road Safety Council, The Hague, Netherlands, 1977-1986. Chairman advisory committee on Information Management, The Hague, 1982-1984, chairman advisory committee on Cognitive Science, 1996-1997.
Board directors Royal Netherlands Touring Club ANWB, The Hague, 1981-1988. Served to 1st lieutenant Dutch Army, 1962-1963. Member American Psychological Association (affiliate), Royal Netherlands Academy Arts and Sciences, Social Science Council, Academia Europaea, Academica Scientiarum et Artium Europaea, Netherlands Institute Psychologists, European Society for Cognitive Psychology (secretary 1985-1990), International Society for Study of Time (president 1983-1986), European Association for Psychology and Law (secretary).
Visual arts (painting, graphics), music (bassoon playing).
Married Hetty Sommer, July 5, 1960. Children: Job, Annet.