Mortimer Mishkin

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Mortimer Mishkin (born December 13, 1926 in Fitchburg , Massachusetts ) is an American neuropsychologist at the National Institute of Mental Health , a facility of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda , Maryland . Mishkin examines the neurobiological basis of perception and memory .

Life

Mishkin acquired in 1946 at Dartmouth College a Bachelor in Business Administration , 1949 at the McGill University in Donald O. Hebb a Masters in Psychology and in 1951 at the same place Haldor Rosvold Enger (1916-1997) and H. Karl Pribram a Ph.D. while the work on this was being done at Yale University . As a postdoctoral fellow , Mishkin worked with Pribram at the Institute of Living in Hartford , Connecticut , and with Hans-Lukas Teuber at Bellevue Medical Center in New York City .

In 1955, Mishkin went to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) as a researcher , where he was head of the laboratory for neuropsychology from 1980 to 1997 and vice director of basic research from 1994 to 1997 . Mishkin is currently (as of 2016) still managing director of the laboratory for neuropsychology at the NIMH.

Act

Mishkin and co-workers made significant contributions to the identification of the areas of the cerebral cortex that are responsible for cognition and memory in primates . Mishkin was able to show that the knowledge about the presence on the one hand and the localization on the other hand of a stimulus ( seeing , possibly also hearing and feeling ) depends on the activity in different nerve tracts , which are hierarchically arranged in the cerebral cortex.

Mishkin's other work deals with the organization of memory systems. The distinction between “declarative memory” (eng. Cognitive memory ) with the participation of the limbic system and “procedural memory” (eng. Noncognitive memory ) with the participation of the cerebellum and basal ganglia goes back to Mishkin.

Awards (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ingrid Farreras: Interview with Dr. Mortimer Mishkin. at the National Institutes of Health (nih.gov); accessed on March 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ Mortimer Mishkin. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved March 9, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present (PDF, 925 kB) at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org); accessed on March 9, 2016.
  4. ^ Neurosciences. (No longer available online.) In: fondation-ipsen.org. Archived from the original on July 21, 2017 ; accessed on March 9, 2016 (English).
  5. ^ Society for Neuroscience. In: sfn.org. November 18, 2008, accessed March 9, 2016 .
  6. ^ The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details - NSF - National Science Foundation. In: nsf.gov. November 17, 2010, accessed March 9, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Grawemeyer Awards - Scientists' idea helps explain 'what and where' people see. In: grawemeyer.org. November 29, 2011, accessed March 9, 2016 .
  8. ^ NAS Award in the Neurosciences. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved March 9, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Mishkin, Mortimer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American neuropsychologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Fitchburg, Massachusetts