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Michael I. Posner Ph.D.

Michael I. Posner Ph.D.

National Medal of Science – Behaviorial and Social Science 2008

Psychologist. Cognitive neuroscience – attention, early brain development, changes in brain systems with learning; developmental disorders; brain injury. Posner cueing task. Founding Director, Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology.

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The President’s National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Title: Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Psychology
Affiliation: University of Oregon, Institute of Neuroscience, 1254 University of Oregon, Eugene,Oregon 97403 USA
Gender: Male
Award Discipline: Behavioral and Social Science
Award Year: 2008
Citation: “For his innovative application of technology to the understanding of brain function, his incisive and accurate modeling of functional tasks, and his development of methodological and conceptual tools to help understand the mind and the development of brain networks of attention.”

Presented by President Barack H. Obama in the East Room of the White House on October 7, 2009.