Samuel Wang
Samuel Wang (* 1967 ) is an Associate Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University . Wang's research areas include synaptic plasticity , learning mechanisms and the evolution of the brain. The neurophysiological research in Wang's laboratory is characterized by the intensive use of multiphoton microscopy .
The non-fiction book Welcome to Your Brain - A disrespectful guide through the world of our brain , which Samuel Wang wrote together with Sandra Aamodt, also made him known outside of the specialist world. The authors have chosen a presentation that is understandable for the medical layperson. Various aspects of current brain research are presented:
- How the brain works
- Processes in sensory perception
- Change in the course of life
- Emotional systems of the brain
- Other aspects such as intelligence , decision-making and gender differences
- Influence of sleep , drugs , alcohol and illness
The German translation is also successful in Germany.
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- ↑ Neuroscience on neuroscience.princeton.edu (pfd 1.2 GB)
- ^ Neuroscience.princeton.edu: List of publications by Samuel Wang ( Memento of January 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Sandra Aamodt, Samuel Wang: Welcome to Your Brain . 2nd Edition. CH Beck, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-57140-4 (297 pages).
- ^ Review of February 17, 2008 in Deutschlandradio Kultur
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| SURNAME | Wang, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Molecular biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |