Jonathan David Cohen (born October 5, 1955) is an American
psychologist and
cognitive neuroscientist. He is the Robert Bendheim and Lynn Bendheim Thoman Professor in
Neuroscience
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, developme ...
and Professor of Psychology at
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...
, where he is also the founding co-director of the
Princeton Neuroscience Institute
The Princeton Neuroscience Institute (PNI) is a center for neuroscience research at Princeton University. Founded in the spring of 2004, the PNI serves as a "stimulus for teaching and research in neuroscience and related fields" and "places particu ...
. He originally joined the faculty of Princeton in 1998, and became the founding director of the Center for the Study of Brain, Mind, and Behavior in 2000. A noted expert on
neuroimaging
Neuroimaging is the use of quantitative (computational) techniques to study the structure and function of the central nervous system, developed as an objective way of scientifically studying the healthy human brain in a non-invasive manner. Incr ...
, he played a major role in increasing the use of
fMRI
Functional magnetic resonance imaging or functional MRI (fMRI) measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow. This technique relies on the fact that cerebral blood flow and neuronal activation are coupled. When an area ...
scanners in scientific research. He has been a fellow of the
Association for Psychological Science since 2007 and of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2012. He is a recipient of the
Joseph Zubin Memorial Fund Award, the
, and the Association for Psychological Science's
William James Fellow Award
The William James Fellow Award is an award of the Association for Psychological Science which "honors APS Members for their lifetime of significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology". The requirement is that "recipient ...
.
References
External links
Home pageFaculty pageat the Princeton Neuroscience Institute
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Living people
1955 births
American cognitive neuroscientists
Princeton University faculty
Yale University alumni
Fellows of the Association for Psychological Science
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
University of Pennsylvania alumni
Carnegie Mellon University alumni
Scientists from New York City
Neuroimaging researchers
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