Kandel, a renowned neurophysiologist, won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the central role synapses play in memory and learning. He was a founding director of the University’s Center for Neurobiology and Behavior and is now the head of the Kavli Institute for Brain ...
Kandel, a renowned neurophysiologist, won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the central role synapses play in memory and learning. He was a founding director of the University’s Center for Neurobiology and Behavior and is now the head of the Kavli Institute for Brain Science at Columbia University. He is a leading proponent of merging the long-divided fields of neuroscience and psychology.