Robert Wurtz | |
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| Born | 28 March 1936 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Alma mater | Oberlin College University of Michigan, PhD |
| Awards | See text |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience Physiology |
| Institutions | National Institute of Mental Health and National Eye Institute of National Institute of Health |
| Thesis | Self-Stimulation and Escape in Response to Stimulation of the Rat Amygdala (1962) |
| Doctoral advisor | James Olds |
| Website | http://www.nei.nih.gov/intramural/lsr/wurtz/wurtz.asp |
Robert H. Wurtz is an American neuroscientist working as a NIH Distinguished Scientist and Chief of the Section on Visuomotor Integration at the National Eye Institute. He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is recognised for developing methods for studying the visual system in 'awake-behaving' primates (as opposed to those under anesthesia), a technique now widely used for the study of higher brain functions. He pioneered the study of the neuronal basis of vision and its relation with cognitive functions.[1]