# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-newsome
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:02:06.263Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-newsome"
name: "William Newsome"
slug: "william-newsome"
description: "William Thomas Newsome is an American neuroscientist at Stanford University who works to \"understand the neuronal processes that mediate visual perception and visually guided behavior.\" He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences."
tagline: "American neuroscientist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1952-06-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.35
  momentum:             17.10762331838565
  historical:           5.476386666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://profiles.stanford.edu/william-newsome"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Newsome"
    title: "William Newsome"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "وليام نيوسوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%85%D9%87"
    title: "ویلیام نیوزومه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%8C%D1%8E%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BC%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Ньюсом, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Newsome"
    title: "William Newsome"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Newsome"
    title: "William Newsome"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8016105"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump