Michael T. Ullman Explained

Michael Thomas Ullman
Birth Date:29 July 1962
Birth Place:San Francisco, California, USA
Nationality:American
Field:Neuroscience
Work Institutions:Georgetown University
Alma Mater:Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Harvard University
Known For:Declarative/Procedural Model of language

Michael T. Ullman (born July 29, 1962, San Francisco, California) is an American neuroscientist whose main field of research is the relationship between language, memory and the brain. He is best known for his Declarative/Procedural model of language.[1] [2] [3]

Early life and career

Ullman was born in San Francisco, California. He is an alumnus of the French American International School and Lowell High School (1976–1980), both in San Francisco. He received his BA in Computer Science from Harvard University in 1988 and his PhD from the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993. Ullman is currently a full professor at Georgetown University.[4] His primary appointment is in the Department of Neuroscience (Georgetown University Medical Center),[5] with secondary appointments in the Departments of Linguistics,[6] Neurology[7] and Psychology.[8] He is the founding Director of the Brain and Language Lab,[9] founding co-Director of the Center for the Brain Basis of Cognition,[10] and founding Director of the Georgetown Cognitive Neuroscience EEG/ERP Center.[11] [12] He was a Presidential Columnist for American Psychological Society Observer in 2005.[13] He currently lives in Washington D.C., with his daughter Clementina Ullman.

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Notes and References

  1. Ullman, M.T. (2004) Contributions of memory circuits to language: the declarative/procedural model. Cognition. 92. pp. 231–270. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-04-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719200756/http://brainlang.georgetown.edu/PUBS/Ullman_Cognition_04.pdf . July 19, 2011 . mdy-all .
  2. Ullman, M. T., Corkin, S., Coppola, M., Hickok, G., Growdon, J. H., Koroshetz, W. J. Pinker, S. (1997). The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Vol 9, 266–276 http://jocn.mitpress.org/cgi/content/abstract/9/2/266
  3. Ullman, M. T. (2001). A neurocognitive perspective on language: The declarative/procedural model. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2, 717–726. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11584309&dopt=Citation
  4. Michael T. Ullman's homepage at the Brain and Language Lab, Georgetown University Web site: Lab Director - Brain and Language Lab . 2007-10-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071017032215/http://brainlang.georgetown.edu/director.htm . October 17, 2007 . mdy-all .
  5. Web site: Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20060902082217/http://neuro.georgetown.edu/home.html . dead . September 2, 2006 . Neuro.georgetown.edu . December 31, 2011 .
  6. Web site: Department of Linguistics . Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University . Linguistics.georgetown.edu . December 31, 2011.
  7. Web site: Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center . Gumc.georgetown.edu . September 14, 2010 . December 31, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207200922/http://gumc.georgetown.edu/departments/neurology/ . February 7, 2012 . mdy-all .
  8. http://www3.georgetown.edu/departments/psychology/ Department of Psychology, Georgetown University
  9. Web site: Brain and Language Lab, Georgetown University . Brainlang.georgetown.edu . December 31, 2011.
  10. Web site: Center for the Brain Basis of Cognition, Georgetown University . Cbbc.georgetown.edu . December 31, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111211081949/http://cbbc.georgetown.edu/ . December 11, 2011 . mdy-all .
  11. http://www.giccs.georgetown.edu/labs/ullman/erplab.htm Georgetown Cognitive Neuroscience EEG/ERP Center
  12. Web site: Curriculum Vitae – Michael T. Ullman (Retrieved: 2007-10-09) . https://web.archive.org/web/20060902093351/http://brainlang.georgetown.edu/People/M_T_Ullman_CV.pdf . dead . September 2, 2006 . December 31, 2011 .
  13. Ullman, M., T. (2005). More Is Sometimes More: Redundant mechanisms in the mind and brain. APS Observeer, Volume 18, Number 12. http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=1891