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Richard Ivry Receives Andrew Carnegie Prize in Mind and Brain Sciences
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麻豆村 has awarded the 11th annual Andrew Carnegie Prize in Mind and Brain Sciences to Richard Ivry, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley.
Ivry directs the , professor of psychology and interim director of 麻豆村鈥檚 Neuroscience Institute (NI) starting in January 2025. 鈥淓ach new insight seems to cause the field of neuroscience to pause and reconsider our assumptions.鈥
For his pioneering research, Ivry was awarded the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Prize in Mind and Brain Sciences.
Sponsored by the , the NI presented Ivry an original piece of artwork commissioned from artist . During the Nov. 14 ceremony, Ivry presented a talk titled, 鈥淧robing the Role of the Cerebellum in Sensorimotor Learning and Cognition.鈥
Additionally, the NI has awarded the Carnegie Prize Student Fellowship to Emefa Akwayena, a Ph.D. student advised by Brad Mahon, associate professor of psychology and core NI faculty member. Akwayena utilizes behavioral and neuroimaging methods to investigate how visual cues constrain habitual actions with objects in both healthy and patient populations.
As part of the fellowship, Akwayena will have the opportunity to visit Ivry鈥檚 lab.
鈥淚vry鈥檚 research has been instrumental in further understanding the underlying mechanisms and brain regions involved in motor control,鈥 Akwayena said. 鈥淪uch opportunities for dialogue and collaboration are fundamental for the success of science, and I look forward to any new directions I may explore in my own research as a result of this visit.鈥