ABSTRACT

Key Thinkers in Neuroscience provides insight into the life and work of some of the most significant minds that have shaped the field. Studies of the human brain have been varied and complex, and the field is rich in pioneers whose endeavours have broken new ground in neuroscience.

Adopting a chronological and multi-disciplinary approach to each Key Thinker, the book highlights their extraordinary contributions to neuroscience. Beginning with Santiago Ramon y Cajal and finishing with the philosophers Patricia Churchland and Paul Churchland, this book provides a comprehensive look at the new ideas and discoveries that have shaped neuroscientific research and practice, and the people that have been invaluable to this field.

This book will be an indispensable companion for all students of neuroscience and the history of psychology, as well as anyone interested in how we have built our knowledge of the brain.

chapter Chapter 1|7 pages

Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934)

chapter Chapter 2|8 pages

Charles Scott Sherrington (1857–1952)

chapter Chapter 3|7 pages

John Newport Langley (1852–1925)

chapter Chapter 4|7 pages

Korbinian Brodmann (1868–1918)

chapter Chapter 5|7 pages

Wilder Graves Penfield (1891–1976)

chapter Chapter 6|7 pages

Edgar Douglas Adrian (1889–1977)

chapter Chapter 7|7 pages

Henry Hallet Dale (1875–1968)

chapter Chapter 8|7 pages

Walter Rudolf Hess (1881–1973)

chapter Chapter 9|7 pages

Karl Spencer Lashley (1890–1958)

chapter Chapter 11|7 pages

Donald Olding Hebb (1904–1985)

chapter Chapter 12|7 pages

Nathaniel Kleitman (1895–1999)

chapter Chapter 14|7 pages

Paul Donald MacLean (1913–2007)

chapter Chapter 15|7 pages

John Carew Eccles (1903–1997)

chapter Chapter 16|7 pages

Bernard Katz (1911–2003)

chapter Chapter 17|7 pages

Seymour Solomon Kety (1915–2000)

chapter Chapter 18|7 pages

Brenda Milner (b. 1918)

chapter Chapter 19|7 pages

James Olds (1922–1976)

chapter Chapter 20|7 pages

Julius Axelrod (1912–2004)

chapter Chapter 21|7 pages

Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909–2012)

chapter Chapter 22|7 pages

Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913–1994)

chapter Chapter 24|7 pages

Arvid Carlsson (1923–2018)

chapter Chapter 25|7 pages

Norman Geschwind (1926–1984)

chapter Chapter 26|7 pages

Paul Greengard (b. 1925)

chapter Chapter 27|7 pages

Benjamin Libet (1916–2007)

chapter Chapter 28|7 pages

Eric Kandel (b. 1929)

chapter Chapter 29|7 pages

Bert Sakmann (b. 1942) and Erwin Neher (b. 1944)

chapter Chapter 30|7 pages

David Coutnay Marr (1945–1980)s

chapter Chapter 32|7 pages

Timothy Bliss (b. 1940) and Terje Lømo (b. 1935)

chapter Chapter 33|7 pages

Richard Axel (b. 1946) and Linda Buck (b. 1947)

chapter Chapter 34|7 pages

Giacomo Rizzolatti (b. 1937)

chapter Chapter 35|7 pages

John O’Keefe (b. 1939)

chapter Chapter 36|7 pages

Michael Gazzaniga (b. 1939)

chapter Chapter 37|7 pages

Joseph LeDoux (b. 1949)