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Joseph E. LeDoux

American neuroscientist · United States · On the map · Doctors · Born 1949 · age 76

Joseph E. LeDoux is an American neuroscientist whose research is primarily focused on survival circuits, including their impacts on emotions such as fear and anxiety.

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2015William James Fellow AwardAward2011Karl Spencer Lashley AwardAward2010APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to PsychologyAward2005International Prize by Fyssen FoundationAward1999Jean-Louis Signoret PrizeAward1949Born7 December 1949

Awards

William James Fellow Award2015
Karl Spencer Lashley Award2011
APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology2010
International Prize by Fyssen Foundation2005
Jean-Louis Signoret Prize1999
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

About this person

He is the Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science at New York University, and director of the Emotional Brain Institute, a collaboration between NYU and New York State with research sites at NYU and the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research in Orangeburg, New York. He is also the lead singer and songwriter in the band The Amygdaloids.

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Doctors
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Doctor
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Born 1949 · age 76

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