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Chiye Aoki - Professor of Neural Science and Biology Adam Carter - Assistant Professor of Neural Science Nathaniel Daw - Assistant Professor of Neural Science and Psychology Paul W. Glimcher - Professor of Neural Science, Economics and Psychology Michael J. Hawken - Professor of Neural Science and Psychology David Heeger - Professor of Psychology and Neural Science Souheil Inati - Assistant Professor of Neural Science and Psychology Lynne Kiorpes - Professor of Neural Science and Psychology Eric Klann - Professor of Neural Science Joseph E. LeDoux - University Professor of Neural Science and Psychology J. Anthony Movshon - Silver Professor of Neural Science and Psychology Bijan Pesaran - Assistant Professor of Neural Science Alex D. Reyes - Associate Professor of Neural Science John Rinzel - Professor of Neural Science and Mathematics Nava Rubin - Associate Professor of Neural Science and Psychology Dan H. Sanes - Professor of Neural Science and Biology Malcolm N. Semple - Associate Professor of Neural Science and Psychology Robert M. Shapley - Natalie Clews Spencer Professor of the Sciences, Professor of Neural Science, Psychology, and Biology Eero Simoncelli - Professor of Neural Science, Mathematics, and Psychology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Wendy A. Suzuki - Associate Professor of Neural Science Yadin Dudai - Albert and Blanche Willner Family Global Distinguished Professor of Neural Science; Sara and Michael Sela Professor of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science Karen Adolph - Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science Efrain C. Azmitia - Professor of Biology and Neural Science Justin Blau - Assistant Professor of Biology and Neural Science Marisa Carrasco - Professor of Psychology and Neural Science Edgar E. Coons, Jr. - Professor of Psychology and Neural Science Clayton E. Curtis - Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neural Science Lila Davachi - Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neural Science Claude Desplan - Professor of Biology and Neural Science Davi Geiger - Associate Professor of Computer Science and Neural Science Michael S. Landy - Professor of Psychology and Neural Science Yann LeCun - Professor of Computer Science Laurence T. Maloney - Professor of Psychology and Neural Science T. James Matthews - Professor of Psychology and Neural Science David W. McLaughlin - Provost; Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science Denis G. Pelli - Professor of Psychology and Neural Science Charles S. Peskin - Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science Elizabeth Phelps - Professor of Psychology and Neural Science Michael J. Shelley - Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science Daniel Tranchina - Professor of Biology, Mathematics, and Neural Science
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    Core Faculty of CNS

    • Chiye Aoki, Professor of Neural Science and Biology; Ph.D. 1985, The Rockefeller University.
      Neuronal plasticity in neocortex.
    • Adam Carter, Assistant Professor of Neural Science; Ph.D. 2002, Harvard University.
      Cellular mechanisms of synaptic integration and plasticity. Lab homepage.
    • Nathaniel Daw, Assistant Professor of Neural Science and Psychology; Ph.D. 2003, Carnegie Mellon University.
      Decision making and neuromodulation.
    • Paul W. Glimcher, Professor of Neural Science, Economics and Psychology; Ph.D. 1989, University of Pennsylvania.
      The neurobiological, economics, and psychological bases of human and animal decision-making. Lab homepage.
    • Michael J. Hawken, Professor of Neural Science and Psychology; Ph.D. 1979, University of Otago.
      Neuronal mechanisms of visual perception.
    • David Heeger, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1987, University of Pennsylvania.
      Functional imaging of the human brain (fMRI), computational neuroscience, vision, attention. Lab homepage.
    • Souheil Inati, Research Associate Professor of Neural Science and Psychology; Ph.D. 1999, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
      Magnetic resonance imaging.
    • Lynne Kiorpes, Professor of Neural Science and Psychology; Ph.D. 1982, University of Washington.
      Development of visual function. Lab homepage.
    • Eric Klann, Professor of Neural Science; Ph.D. 1989, Medical College of Virginia.
      Molecular mechanisms of learning and memory.
    • Joseph E. LeDoux, University Professor; Professor of Neural Science and Psychology; Ph.D. 1977, State University of New York, Stony Brook.
      Memory and emotion. Lab homepage.
    • J. Anthony Movshon, Silver Professor; Professor of Neural Science and Psychology; Ph.D. 1975, Cambridge University.
      Vision and visual development. Lab homepage.
    • Bijan Pesaran, Assistant Professor of Neural Science; Ph.D. 2002, California Institute of Technology.
      Neuronal dynamics and decision making.
    • Alex D. Reyes, Associate Professor of Neural Science; Ph.D. 1990, University of Washington.
      Functional interactions of neurons in a network.
    • John Rinzel, Professor of Neural Science and Mathematics; Ph.D. 1973, New York University.
      Biophysical mechanisms and theoretical foundations of neural computations.
    • Nava Rubin, Associate Professor of Neural Science and Psychology; Ph.D. 1993, Hebrew University.
      Visual perception and the neural basis of vision.
    • Dan H. Sanes, Professor of Neural Science and Biology; Ph.D. 1984, Princeton University.
      Development and plasticity of the auditory system.
    • Malcolm N. Semple, Associate Professor of Neural Science and Psychology; Ph.D. 1981, Monash University.
      Neurobiology of hearing.
    • Robert M. Shapley, Natalie Clews Spencer Professor of the Sciences; Professor of Neural Science, Psychology, and Biology; Ph.D. 1970, The Rockefeller University.
      Visual physiology and perception.
    • Eero P. Simoncelli, Professor of Neural Science and Mathematics; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Ph.D. 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
      Computational vision. Lab homepage.
    • Wendy A. Suzuki, Associate Professor of Neural Science. Ph.D. 1993, University of California at San Diego
      Organization of memory in the medial temporal lobe.

    Global Distinguished Professor of Neural Science

    • Yadin Dudai, Albert and Blanche Willner Family Global Distinguished Professor of Neural Science, NYU; Sara and Michael Sela Professor of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science; Ph.D. 1974, The Weizmann Institute of Science.
      Mechanisms of learning and memory.

    Associates of CNS

    • Karen Adolph, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1993, Emory University.
      Infant learning and development; motor skill acquisition; perceptual exploration.
    • Efrain C. Azmitia, Professor of Biology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1973, The Rockefeller University.
      Molecular neuroplasticity.
    • Justin Blau, Assistant Professor of Biology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1992, King's College, London.
      Genetic analysis of circadian rhythms.
    • Marisa Carrasco, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1989, Princeton University.
      Visual perception and attention. Lab homepage.
    • Edgar E. Coons, Jr., Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1964, Yale University.
      Brain mechanisms of reward.
    • Clayton E. Curtis, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, Ph.D. 1999, University of Minnesota.
      Cortical mechanisms of oculomotion and executive control using functional magnetic resonance imaging, psychophysiology, and pathological populations. Lab homepage.
    • Lila Davachi, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, Ph.D. 1999, Yale University.
      Human memory formation. Lab homepage.
    • Claude Desplan, Professor of Biology and Neural Science, Ph.D. 1983, University of Paris.
      Molecular genetic analysis of neural differentiation. Lab homepage.
    • Davi Geiger, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1990, Massachussests Institute of Technology.
      Computational vision and learning.
    • Michael S. Landy, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1981, University of Michigan.
      Computational approaches to vision.
    • Yann LeCun, Silver Professor; Professor of Computer Science and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1987, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris.
      Machine learning, computer vision, and computational neuroscience.
    • Laurence T. Maloney, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1985, Stanford University.
      Mathematical approaches to psychology and neuroscience.
    • T. James Matthews, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1970, Brown University.
      Motivation, learning, and hormones.
    • David W. McLaughlin, Provost; Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1971, Indiana University.
      Nonlinear waves; mathematical physics, visual neural science.
    • Denis G. Pelli, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1981, Cambridge University.
      Object recognition.
    • Charles S. Peskin, Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1972, Yeshiva University.
      Mathematical biology.
    • Elizabeth Phelps, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1989, Princeton University.
      Interaction between human memory and emotion combining behavioral and neural approaches. Lab homepage.
    • Michael J. Shelley, Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1985, University of Arizona.
      Applied Mathematics, Modeling, and Large-Scale Computation; Vision and Computational Neuroscience.
    • Daniel Tranchina, Professor of Biology, Mathematics, and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1981, The Rockefeller University.
      Information processing in the retina.

    Affiliates of CNS

    • Doris R. Aaronson, Professor of Psychology; Ph.D. 1965, University of Pennsylvania.
      Reading.
    • Ned Block, Professor of Philosophy and Psychology; Ph.D., Harvard University.
      Foundations of consciousness.
    • Andrew Caplin, Professor of Economics; Ph.D. 1983, Yale University.
      Microeconomic Theory, Macroeconomic Theory, The Housing Market, Neurobiology of Decision.
    • Adamantios I. Gafos, Associate Professor of Linguistics; Ph.D. 1996, Johns Hopkins University
      Phonology, phonetics, morphology.
    • Murray Glanzer, Professor Emeritus of Psychology; Ph.D. 1952, University of Michigan.
      Memory.
    • Jerome K. Percus, Professor of Physics and Mathematics; Ph.D. 1954, Columbia University.
      Mathematical biology.
    • Carol S. Reiss, Professor of Biology; Ph.D. 1978, City University of New York.
      Immune responses to viral infection.
    • Andrew Schotter, Professor of Economics; Ph.D. 1973, New York University.
      Experimental Economics, Microeconomics, Game Theory, Neurobiology of Decision.
    • Edward B. Ziff, Professor of Biochemistry; Ph.D. 1969, Princeton University.
      Control of glutamate receptors at excitatory synapses.
    		 

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