Neal J. Cohen

Neal J. Cohen
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, San Diego
SpouseMaureen Cohen[1]: v 
Scientific career
InstitutionsBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Neal J. Cohen is a professor of psychology in the Cognitive Neuroscience division of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[2] He is appointed as a full-time faculty member in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois.[3][4] He is the founding director of the Center for Nutrition, Learning, and Memory (CNLM), a partnership of the University of Illinois and Abbott Laboratories as of 2011. He is also the founding director of the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Initiative (IHSI) at the University of Illinois, formed 2014.[5][6]

Cohen is known for his work on memory, amnesia, and learning, particularly his theories of multiple memory systems and the role of the hippocampus in relational memory. He is a co-author of Memory, Amnesia, and the Hippocampal System (1993) and From conditioning to conscious recollection: Memory systems of the brain (2001).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Memory1993 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Neal J. Cohen". University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Neal Cohen". University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  4. ^ Board of Trustees (November 13, 2014). "Board Meeting" (PDF). University of Illinois. p. 18. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Neal Cohen". Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Initiative.
  6. ^ "COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN ANNUAL REPORT AY 2013-2014" (PDF). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved 28 April 2016.