2016 - NAS Award in the Neurosciences, U.S. National Academy of Sciences For fundamental contributions to understanding the functional organization of the primate brain, including discovery of the visual functions of inferior temporal cortex, the role of the dorsal and ventral visual pathways in spatial and object processing, and anatomical descriptions of cognitive and non-cognitive memory systems.
2012 - Grawemeyer Award in Psychology, University of Louisville
2009 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his contributions to understanding the neural basis of perception and memory in primates, notably the delineation of sensory neocortical processing systems especially for vision, audition, and somatic sensation, and the organization of memory systems in the brain.", Presented by President Barack H. Obama in the East Room of the White House on November 17, 2010.
2008 - Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience
1999 - Metlife Foundation Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease
1996 - Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society For his pioneering analysis of the memory and the perceptual systems of the brain, and his seminal contributions to the understanding of the higher nervous system function
1990 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
1989 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1989 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
1985 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
1984 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1964 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
1963 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
His primary areas of investigation include Neuroscience, Amygdala, Cortex, Hippocampus and Temporal lobe. His Neuroscience study frequently links to adjacent areas such as Amnesia. His research investigates the connection between Amygdala and topics such as Stimulus that intersect with issues in Experimental psychology, Short-term memory and Orbitofrontal cortex.
His study in Cortex is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Frontal lobe, Posterior parietal cortex, Anatomy and Auditory cortex. Mortimer Mishkin combines subjects such as Occipital lobe, Somatosensory system, Extrastriate cortex and Sensory system with his study of Anatomy. His Hippocampus research incorporates themes from White matter, Temporal stem, Working memory, Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and Ventromedial prefrontal cortex.
His primary scientific interests are in Neuroscience, Temporal lobe, Hippocampus, Anatomy and Recognition memory. Many of his studies involve connections with topics such as Amnesia and Neuroscience. His Temporal lobe course of study focuses on Lesion and Central nervous system.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Somatosensory system, Auditory cortex, Sensory system, Visual system and Superior temporal sulcus. The Recognition memory study which covers Audiology that intersects with Stimulus. His research in Amygdala intersects with topics in Rhinal cortex, Temporal cortex and Limbic system.
Neuroscience, Macaque, Working memory, Cognitive psychology and Stimulus are his primary areas of study. His is involved in several facets of Neuroscience study, as is seen by his studies on Cortex, Hippocampal formation, Temporal lobe, Spatial memory and Temporal cortex. His work in Cortex addresses issues such as Anatomy, which are connected to fields such as Core auditory cortex and Temporal pole.
His studies in Hippocampal formation integrate themes in fields like Hippocampus and Atrophy. His Working memory research integrates issues from Long-term memory and Auditory perception. Mortimer Mishkin interconnects Cognitive science, Cognitivism and Echoic memory in the investigation of issues within Cognitive psychology.
His primary areas of study are Neuroscience, Macaque, Hippocampal formation, Auditory cortex and Mnemonic. His studies link Communication with Neuroscience. His work in Macaque covers topics such as Electroencephalography which are related to areas like Cortical surface, Electrophysiology and Cerebral cortex.
His Hippocampal formation study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Verbal learning, Amnesia, Episodic memory, Hippocampus and Atrophy. His work on Tonotopy as part of general Auditory cortex study is frequently linked to Differential coding, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science. His Mnemonic research focuses on Auditory perception and how it connects with Cognitive psychology.
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Object vision and spatial vision: two cortical pathways
Mortimer Mishkin;Leslie G. Ungerleider;Kathleen A. Macko.
Trends in Neurosciences (1983)
Memory in monkeys severely impaired by combined but not by separate removal of amygdala and hippocampus
Mortimer Mishkin.
Nature (1978)
Massive cortical reorganization after sensory deafferentation in adult macaques
Tim P. Pons;Preston E. Garraghty;Alexander K. Ommaya;Jon H. Kaas.
Science (1991)
Dual streams of auditory afferents target multiple domains in the primate prefrontal cortex.
L. M. Romanski;B. Tian;J. Fritz;M. Mishkin.
Nature Neuroscience (1999)
Dissociation of object and spatial visual processing pathways in human extrastriate cortex
James V. Haxby;Cheryl L. Grady;Barry Horwitz;Leslie G. Ungerleider.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1991)
Perseverative interference in monkeys following selective lesions of the inferior prefrontal convexity.
Susan D. Iversen;Mortimer Mishkin.
Experimental Brain Research (1970)
Limbic lesions and the problem of stimulus--reinforcement associations.
B. Jones;M. Mishkin.
Experimental Neurology (1972)
Effects on visual recognition of combined and separate ablations of the entorhinal and perirhinal cortex in rhesus monkeys
M Meunier;J Bachevalier;M Mishkin;EA Murray.
The Journal of Neuroscience (1993)
The ventral visual pathway: an expanded neural framework for the processing of object quality
Dwight J. Kravitz;Kadharbatcha S. Saleem;Chris I. Baker;Leslie G. Ungerleider.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences (2013)
Contribution of striate inputs to the visuospatial functions of parieto-preoccipital cortex in monkeys.
Mortimer Mishkin;Leslie G. Ungerleider.
Behavioural Brain Research (1982)
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