Lynn Nadel | |
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| Born | (1942-11-12)November 12, 1942 (age 82) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
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| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | University of Arizona |
Lynn Nadel (born November 12, 1942) is an American psychologist who is the Regents'Professor ofpsychology at theUniversity of Arizona. Nadel specializes inmemory, and has investigated the role of thehippocampus in memory formation. Together withJohn O'Keefe, he coauthored the influential 1978 bookThe Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map,[1] which defended the theory that the hippocampus learns and storescognitive maps of portions of space. WithMorris Moscovitch, he advanced themultiple trace theory that the hippocampus is always involved in storage and retrieval ofepisodic memory, but thatsemantic memory can be established in theneocortex.
Nadel received aPh.D. fromMcGill University in 1967, and joined the faculty of theUniversity of Arizona in 1985, where he is now an Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science. Nadel, together with John O'Keefe, received the 2006Grawemeyer Award for their work in identifying the brain's mapping system.[2] He was named recipient of a 2019William James Fellow Award from theAssociation for Psychological Science for his contributions tocognitive psychology.[3] In 2020 he was the recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences.[4]From 2007 to 2016, Nadel was the foundingeditor-in-chief of thescientific journal,Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science.
Newly elected members and their affiliations at the time of election are: … Nadel, Lynn; regents' professor emeritus, department of psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, entry in member directory:"Member Directory". National Academy of Sciences. RetrievedJuly 5, 2021.
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