Mortimer Mishkin

Mortimer Mishkin (born December 13, 1926) is an American neuropsychologist, and winner of the 2009 National Medal of Science awarded in Behavior and Social Science.[1]

Career

Born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts,[2] Mishkin graduated from Dartmouth College in 1946, and took a 1949 M.A. and 1951 Ph.D from McGill University under Donald O. Hebb.[3] His Ph.D thesis was partly directed by surgeon and theorist Karl H. Pribram.

In 2010 Mishkin won the National Medal of Science for his five decades of work on the mechanisms of cognition and memory, and the discovery that the brain processes memories in two separate processes: cognitive memory dealing with events and fresh information, and behavioral memory related to skills and habits.

As of 2016 Mishkin is Chief of the Section on Cognitive Neuroscience, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, chartered to explore neurobiological mechanisms of perception and memory.

Awards

References
  1. "Mortimer Mishkin Awarded the National Medal of Science". APS Observer. 23 (10). Feb 11, 2011. Retrieved Jan 8, 2020 – via www.psychologicalscience.org.
  2. https://history.nih.gov/archives/downloads/mortimermiskin1.pdf
  3. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/labs-at-nimh/principal-investigators/mortimer-mishkin.shtml
  4. "MetLife Foundation Awards for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2018.
  5. "NAS Award in the Neurosciences". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved Jan 8, 2020.
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