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Researchers report that within the visual processing areas, information about a personally familiar or visually familiar face is shared across the brains of those with the same friends or acquaintances. Additionally, shared information about personally familiar faces extends to areas of the brain implicated in social processing, suggesting there is shared social information across the brain.
Cognitive Scientist Lynn Nadel Elected to National Academy of Sciences The prestigious National Academy of Sciences elected Regents Professor Emeritus Lynn Nadel, who studies human memory and cognition, into it ranks. By Mikayla Kelley, University Communications April 26, 2021 Lynn Nadel The National Academy of Sciences today announced the election of 120 new members and 30 new international members. Among them is cognitive scientist Membership to the academy is granted in recognition of distinguished and continuing achievements in original research and is considered one of the ...
Northwestern Now Dedre Gentner, Thomas McDade and Michael R. Wasielewski recognized for achievements in original research Three faculty members of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern — psychologist Dedre Gentner, biological anthropologist Thomas McDade and chemist Michael R. Wasielewski — have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences. Membership in the academy is one of the highest honors given to a scientist in the United States. Gentner, McDade and Wasielewski are among 120 new members and 30 international members selected in recognition of their di...
UArizona Cognitive Scientist Lynn Nadel Elected to National Academy of Sciences The prestigious National Academy of Sciences elected Regents Professor Emeritus Lynn Nadel, who studies human memory and cognition, into it ranks. By Mikayla Kelley, University Communications Today Lynn Nadel The National Academy of Sciences today announced the election of 120 new members and 30 new international members. Among them is cognitive scientist Membership to the academy is granted in recognition of distinguished and continuing achievements in original research and is considered one of the ...