William Newsome

William Thomas Newsome (born June 5, 1952) is a neuroscientist at Stanford University who works to "understand the neuronal processes that mediate visual perception and visually guided behavior."[1][2] He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

William Newsome
Born	June 5, 1952 Live Oak, Florida
Education	Stetson University Caltech
Scientific career
Institutions	Stanford University

According to an article in PNAS, "What sets Newsome's research apart from many other studies in this area is that the techniques he uses—primarily, stimulation of brain areas of primates with microelectrodes—have helped demonstrate cause and effect rather than merely show a correlation between behavior and activity of the brain."[3]

Personal life

Newsome is a Christian.[4]

Awards

• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator (1997– Present)[5]
• Member National Academy of Sciences (2000)[3]
• Member, Society for Neuroscience
• Member, American Philosophical Society
• António Champalimaud Vision Award, (2010)
• Karl Spencer Lashley Award, American Philosophical Society (2010)
• Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, American Psychological Association
• Dan David Prize, Tel Aviv University (2004)
• W. Alden Spencer Award, Columbia University (1994)
• Rank Prize in Opto-electronics, Rank Prize Funds, London
• Pepose Award in Vision Science (2015)[6]

Publications

His publications include:

• "A selective impairment of motion perception following lesions of the middle temporal visual area" The Journal of Neuroscience (1988)[7]
• "Neuronal correlates of a perceptual decision" Nature (1989)
• "Correlated neuronal discharge rate and its implications for psychophysical performance" Nature (1994)[8]
• "Noise, neural codes and cortical organization" Current Opinion in Biology (1994)[9]
• "The variable discharge of cortical neurons: implications for connectivity, computation, and information coding" The Journal of Neuroscience (1998)[10]

See also

• Two-alternative forced choice

Notes and references

1. Newsome Lab Research Interests
2. "Reports of the President and of the Treasurer". 1996.
3. Biography of William T. Newsome
4. Newsome, William. "A neuroscientist balances science and faith." Stanford Medicine Magazine, Summer 2006.
5. HHMI Profile
6. "Stanford neuroscientist to be honored with Pepose Award". BrandeisNOW. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
7. "A selective impairment of motion perception following lesions of the middle temporal visual area" The Journal of Neuroscience (1988)
8. "Correlated neuronal discharge rate and its implications for psychophysical performance" Nature (1994)
9. "Noise, neural codes and cortical organization" Current Opinion in Biology (1994)
10. "The variable discharge of cortical neurons: implications for connectivity, computation, and information coding" The Journal of Neuroscience (1998)