Lynn Nadel (born November 12, 1942) is an American psychologist who is the Regents'

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at the

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. Nadel specializes in

memory Memory is the faculty of the mind by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. It is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future action. If past events could not be remembered, ...

, and has investigated the role of the

hippocampus The hippocampus (via Latin from Greek , 'seahorse') is a major component of the brain of humans and other vertebrates. Humans and other mammals have two hippocampi, one in each side of the brain. The hippocampus is part of the limbic system, a ...

in memory formation. Together with John O'Keefe, he coauthored the influential 1978 book ''The Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map'', which defended the theory that the hippocampus learns and stores

cognitive map A cognitive map is a type of mental representation which serves an individual to acquire, code, store, recall, and decode information about the relative locations and attributes of phenomena in their everyday or metaphorical spatial environment. T ...

s of portions of space. With Morris Moscovitch, he advanced the

multiple trace theory Multiple trace theory is a memory consolidation model advanced as an alternative model to strength theory. It posits that each time some information is presented to a person, it is neurally encoded in a unique memory trace composed of a combinatio ...

that the hippocampus is always involved in storage and retrieval of

episodic memory Episodic memory is the memory of everyday events (such as times, location geography, associated emotions, and other contextual information) that can be explicitly stated or conjured. It is the collection of past personal experiences that occurred ...

, but that

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can be established in the

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. Nadel received a

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from

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in 1967, and joined the faculty of the

in 1985, where he is now an Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science. Nadel, together with John O'Keefe, received the 2006

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for their work in identifying the brain's mapping system. He was named recipient of a 2019

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from the

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for his contributions to

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. 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., entry in member directory: From 2007 to 2016, Nadel was the founding

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of the

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, '' Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science''.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nadel, Lynn 1942 births Living people American cognitive neuroscientists Memory researchers Fellows of the Society of Experimental Psychologists Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences University of Toronto alumni University of Arizona faculty Academic journal editors

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