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Karl J. Friston

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British neuroscientist

United KingdomAcademicsBorn 1959 · age 67
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Karl John Friston is a British neuroscientist and theoretician at University College London. He is an authority on brain imaging and theoretical neuroscience, especially the use of physics-inspired statistical methods to model neuroimaging data and other random dynamical systems.

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2021Honorary doctor of the University of Liège
2017Clarivate Citation Laureates
2016Glass Brain Award
2006Fellow of the Royal Society
2003Golden Brain Award
Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
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Karl John Friston is a British neuroscientist and theoretician at University College London. He is an authority on brain imaging and theoretical neuroscience, especially the use of physics-inspired statistical methods to model neuroimaging data and other random dynamical systems. Friston is a key architect of the free energy principle and active inference. In imaging neuroscience he is best known for statistical parametric mapping and dynamic causal modelling. Friston also acts as a scientific advisor to numerous groups in industry.

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Born 1959 · age 67
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