Nancy G. Kanwisher | |
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| Born | 1958 (age 65–66) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Fusiform face area |
| Awards | Golden Brain Award Heineken Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cognitive psychology |
| Institutions | UCLA Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Repetition blindness: type recognition without token individuation (1986) |
| Doctoral advisor | Mary C. Potter |
| Doctoral students | Frank Tong |
Nancy Gail Kanwisher FBA (born 1958)[1] is the Walter A Rosenblith Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a researcher at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. She studies the neural and cognitive mechanisms underlying human visual perception and cognition.[2]
- ^ Sanders, Laura (April 27, 2015). "Brain on display: Nancy Kanwisher goes where few other neuroscientists dare to in public outreach". Science News. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
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- ^ "Nancy Kanwisher". McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2014.