Joaquin M. Fuster (born 1930)
[*] is a
Spanish neuroscientist whose research has made fundamental contributions to the understanding of the neural structures underlying cognition and behavior. His several books and hundreds of papers,
particularly on memory and the
prefrontal cortex
In mammalian brain anatomy, the prefrontal cortex (PFC) covers the front part of the frontal lobe of the cerebral cortex. The PFC contains the Brodmann areas BA8, BA9, BA10, BA11, BA12, BA13, BA14, BA24, BA25, BA32, BA44, BA45, BA46, ...
, are widely cited.
Early career
Born in
Barcelona
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, he was son of Joaquín Fuster (
psychiatra) and a daughter of Marquess of Carulla, and brother of the
cardiologist Valentín Fuster
Valentín Fuster Carulla, 1st Marquess of Fuster (born January 20, 1943) is a Spanish cardiologist and aristocrat.
He is editor-in-chief of the ''Journal of the American College of Cardiology'' (JACC), past President of the American Heart Asso ...
.
Fuster earned an M.D. at the
University of Barcelona
The University of Barcelona ( ca, Universitat de Barcelona, UB; ; es, link=no, Universidad de Barcelona) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, in Spain. With 63,000 students, it is one of the biggest universities i ...
in 1953, and in 1967 a Ph.D from the
University of Granada
The University of Granada ( es, Universidad de Granada, UGR) is a public university located in the city of Granada, Spain, and founded in 1531 by Emperor Charles V. With more than 60,000 students, it is the fourth largest university in Spain. Apar ...
. From 1962 until 1964 he was a visiting scientist at the
Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry
The Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry (german: Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie) is a scientific institute based in the city of Munich in Germany specializing in psychiatry. Currently directed by Elisabeth Binder and Alon Chen, it is one of ...
.
He is currently Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA's
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior,
and a resident fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Awards
Among numerous awards,
Fuster has received the 2006
Patricia Goldman-Rakic Prize
Patricia Goldman-Rakic ( ; née Shoer, April 22, 1937 – July 31, 2003) was an American professor of neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry and psychology at Yale University School of Medicine. She pioneered multidisciplinary research of the p ...
for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Research and the 2000
Fyssen Foundation International Prize for research excellence.
In 2010 he delivered the
Segerfalk Lecture, given annually by an "internationally outstanding scientist who has made major contributions within the area of Neuroscience".
See also
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Cognitive science
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1930 births
Living people
Spanish neuroscientists
American neuroscientists
20th-century Spanish scientists
21st-century Spanish scientists
20th-century American scientists
21st-century American scientists