Cyriel Pennartz | |
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Born | Cyriel Marie Antoine Pennartz 7 October 1963 |
Alma mater | University of Amsterdam |
Known for | Memory, circadian rhythm perception consciousness |
Awards | Unilever Research Prize (1986) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Systems neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience |
Institutions | University of Amsterdam |
Doctoral advisor | Fernando Lopes da Silva |
Cyriel Marie Antoine Pennartz (born October 7, 1963) is a Dutch neuroscientist serving as professor and head of the Department of Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.[1] He is known for his research on memory, motivation, circadian rhythms, perception[2][3] and consciousness.[4][5] Pennartz’ work uses a multidisciplinary combination of techniques to understand the relationships between distributed neural activity and cognition, including in vivo electrophysiology and optical imaging, animal behavior and computational modelling.