Semir Zeki
Semir Zeki (* 1940 ) is a British-Lebanese neurobiologist with a research focus on the visual system , visual perception by the brain , and the neurobiological foundations for art and aesthetics .
Zeki first studied medicine at University College London and did a PhD in anatomy . As a post-doctoral student , he was in Washington, DC and Wisconsin , where he studied the functional organization of visual perception in the primate brain. From 1975 to 1980 he was Henry Head Research Fellow of the Royal Society. Since 1981 he has been Professor of Brain Research (Neurobiology) at University College London. Since 2008 he has been a professor of neuroesthetics .
In addition to the neurobiology of visual perception, he is also interested in interrelationships with the visual arts .
Zeki is a member of the Royal Society and is a corresponding member of the American Philosophical Society , a member of the Academia Europaea and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts . He also publishes The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. In 1985 Zeki was the first recipient of the Golden Brain Award , in 2004 he received the König Faisal Prize , and in 2008 the Erasmus Medal of the Academia Europaea.
Fonts
- 1995: La Quête de l'Essentiel . Archimbaud, Paris (as co-author, conversations with the painter Balthus )
- 1993: A Vision of the Brain . Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford
- 1999: Inner Vision: an exploration of art and the brain . Oxford University Press
- 2010: Splendor and misery of the brain. Neurobiology as reflected in art, music and literature . Reinhardt, Munich
Web links
- Literature by and about Semir Zeki in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of his laboratory (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short biography in Peter Day (editor) Exploring the universe , Royal Institution 2007, therein by Zeki Visual Art and the visual brain (Woodhull Lecture)
- ↑ Stefan Klein's Science Talks (33) in: Zeit Magazin 2/2019, pp. 29–33
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| SURNAME | Zeki, Semir |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British neurobiologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |