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  2. List of women neuroscientists - Wikipedia

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    Gillian Einstein (born 1952), American-born Canadian neuroscientist focusing on the anatomy of the female brain. Alison Fleming (fl 2004), neuroscientist working on mothering instincts and maternal behaviour. Ariel Garten (born 1979), clothing designer and scientist exploring the intersection of art and neuroscience.

  3. Elizabeth A. Phelps - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Anya Phelps is the Pershing Square Professor of Human Neuroscience at Harvard University in the Department of Psychology. She is a known for her research on uncovering how the human brain processes emotion and its influence on learning, memory and decision making. She was the recipient of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society ...

  4. Nancy Kanwisher - Wikipedia

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    Frank Tong. Nancy Gail Kanwisher FBA (born 1958) [1] is the Walter A Rosenblith Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a researcher at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. She studies the neural and cognitive mechanisms underlying human visual ...

  5. Brenda Milner - Wikipedia

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    Milner was a pioneer in the field of neuropsychology and in the study of memory and other cognitive functions in humankind. She was invited to Hartford to study Henry Molaison, formerly known as patient H.M., who became the most famous patient in cognitive neuroscience. He "had undergone a bilateral temporal lobectomy that included removal of ...

  6. Candace Pert - Wikipedia

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    Known for. Opioid receptor, mind-body medicine pioneer, HIV treatment. Scientific career. Fields. Neuroscience. Institutions. National Institutes of Health. Georgetown University. Candace Beebe Pert (June 26, 1946 – September 12, 2013) was an American neuroscientist and pharmacologist who discovered the opioid receptor, the cellular binding ...

  7. Marian Diamond - Wikipedia

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    Marian Diamond. Marian Cleeves Diamond (November 11, 1926 – July 25, 2017) was an American neuroscientist. She and her team were the first to publish evidence that the brain can change with experience and improve with enrichment, what is now called neuroplasticity. She was a professor of anatomy at the University of California, Berkeley.

  8. Carol A. Barnes - Wikipedia

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    Carol A. Barnes is an American neuroscientist who is a Regents' Professor of psychology at the University of Arizona. [1] Since 2006, she has been the Evelyn F. McKnight Chair for Learning and Memory in Aging [2] and is director of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute. [3] Barnes has been president of the Society for Neuroscience [4] and is a ...

  9. Eleanor Maguire - Wikipedia

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    Eleanor Anne Maguire (born 27 March 1970) [2] is an Irish neuroscientist. Since 2007, she has been Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London [3][4][5][6] where she is also a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow. [7][8]