Joaquin M. Fuster | |
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Born | 1930 Barcelona, Spain |
Citizenship | United States |
Education | M.D. University of Barcelona, 1953 Ph.D. University of Granada (Spain), 1967 |
Known for | Discovery of "memory cells" in primate prefrontal cortex |
Awards | Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience (2006) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Cognitive science |
Institutions | UCLA |
Website | http://www.joaquinfuster.com/ |
Joaquin M. Fuster (born 1930)[1] is a Spanish neuroscientist whose research has made fundamental contributions to the understanding of the neural structures underlying cognition and behavior.[2] His several books and hundreds of papers,[3] particularly on memory and the prefrontal cortex, are widely cited.
Born in Barcelona, he was son of Joaquín Fuster (psychiatra) and a daughter of Marquess of Carulla, and brother of the cardiologist Valentín Fuster.[4]
Fuster earned an M.D. at the University of Barcelona in 1953, and in 1967 a Ph.D from the University of Granada. From 1962 until 1964 he was a visiting scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry.[1] He is currently Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA's Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior,[3] and a resident fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[5]
Among numerous awards,[3] Fuster has received the 2006 Patricia Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Research[6] and the 2000 Fyssen Foundation International Prize for research excellence.[7] In 2010 he delivered the Segerfalk Lecture, given annually by an "internationally outstanding scientist who has made major contributions within the area of Neuroscience".[8]