| Joaquin M. Fuster | |
| Birth Date: | 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Barcelona, Spain |
| Citizenship: | United States |
| Fields: | Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Cognitive science |
| Workplaces: | UCLA |
| Education: | M.D. University of Barcelona, 1953 Ph.D. University of Granada (Spain), 1967 |
| Known For: | Discovery of "memory cells" in primate prefrontal cortex |
| Awards: | Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience (2006) |
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| Website: | http://www.joaquinfuster.com/ |
Joaquin M. Fuster (born 1930) is a Spanish neuroscientist whose research has made fundamental contributions to the understanding of the neural structures underlying cognition and behavior.[1] His several books and hundreds of papers,[2] particularly on memory and the prefrontal cortex, are widely cited.
Born in Barcelona, he was son of Joaquín Fuster (psychiatra) and a daughter of Marquess of Carulla, and brother of the cardiologist Valentín Fuster.[3]
Fuster earned an M.D. at the University of Barcelona in 1953, and in 1967 a Ph.D from the University of Granada. From 1962 until 1964 he was a visiting scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry. He is currently Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA's Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, and a resident fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[4]
Among numerous awards,[2] Fuster has received the 2006 Patricia Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Research[5] and the 2000 Fyssen Foundation International Prize for research excellence.[6] In 2010 he delivered the Segerfalk Lecture, given annually by an "internationally outstanding scientist who has made major contributions within the area of Neuroscience".[7]