Joaquin Fuster

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Joaquin M. Fuster
Born1930 (age 9394)
Barcelona, Spain
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationM.D. University of Barcelona, 1953
Ph.D. University of Granada (Spain), 1967
Known forDiscovery of "memory cells" in primate prefrontal cortex
AwardsGoldman-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.

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Early career

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]

Awards

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]

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