Nancy Kanwisher
| Nancy Kanwisher | |
|---|---|
| Born | Woods Hole, Massachusetts |
| Residence | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Cognitive psychology |
| Institutions |
UCLA Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Education | PhD |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Mary C. Potter |
| Known for | Fusiform face area |
| Notable awards | Golden Brain Award |
Nancy Kanwisher (born 1958) is a professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She studies the neural and cognitive mechanisms underlying human visual perception and cognition.
Nancy Kanwisher received her BS in Biology from MIT in 1980 and her PhD in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from MIT in 1986. Before returning to MIT as a faculty member in 1997 in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Kanwisher served as a faculty member at both UCLA and Harvard University.
Nancy is also a member and associate editor for journals in areas of cognitive science, including Cognition, Current Opinion in Neurobiology, Journal of Neuroscience, and Cognitive Neuropsychology. Kanwisher has also shown an interest in a variety of academic subjects, publishing an article in the Huffington Post in 2010 about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Showing her quirky personality and enthusiasm for the cognitive sciences, Nancy shaved her head while teaching a lecture on neuroanatomy to point out the functional regions of the brain so her students could visualize the concepts.
Kanwisher has received numerous accolades for her academic endeavors. She founded the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT and is now the Ellen Swallow Richards Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Nancy was also awarded the National Academy of Sciences Troland Research Award in 1999, awarded for achievement in investigations regarding relationships of consciousness and the physical world. Kanwisher also received the MacVicar Faculty Fellow Award in 2002 and the 2016 National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award.
She also now serves as a member of the National Academy of Sciences (2005), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009), and the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in Peace and International Security (1986).
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