Nancy Kanwisher
American cognitive neuroscientist · United States · On the map · Born 1958 · age 68
Nancy Gail Kanwisher FBA is the Walter A Rosenblith Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a researcher at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research.
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2024Kavli Prize in NeuroscienceAward2023Jean Nicod PrizeAward2022NAS Award in the NeurosciencesAward2021William James Fellow AwardAward2018C.L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prize for Cognitive ScienceAwardDavida Teller AwardAward2016National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer AwardAward2007Golden Brain AwardAward1999Troland Research AwardsAward1958Born
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She studies the neural and cognitive mechanisms underlying human visual perception and cognition.
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Anna Christina NobreBoth received C.L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prize for Cognitive Science
Karen WynnBoth received Troland Research AwardsLeda CosmidesBoth received Jean Nicod PrizeJohn R. AndersonBoth received C.L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prize for Cognitive Science
Chris D. FrithBoth received Jean Nicod Prize
John T. CacioppoBoth received Troland Research Awards