Richard A. Andersen (neuroscientist)
Richard Alan Andersen (born October 27, 1950) is an American neuroscientist. He is the James G. Boswell Professor of Neuroscience at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. His research focuses on visual physiology with an emphasis on translational research to humans in the field of neuroprosthetics, brain-computer interfaces, and cortical repair.
Richard Alan Andersen | |
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| Born | October 27, 1950 (age 74) New Kensington, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Awards | W. Alden Spencer Award (1994) |
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| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Functional Connections of the Central Auditory Nervous System: Thalamocortical, Corticothalamic and Corticotectal Connections of the AI, AII and AAF Auditory Cortical Fields (1979) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Merzenich |
| Other academic advisors | Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle |
| Website | www |