Leslie G. Ungerleider Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, United States of America
Head of Section: NEUROSCIENCE > Cognitive neuroscience [ since 9 July 2001 ]
To better understand the cortical mechanisms mediating perception and memory in nonhuman primates and humans.
To explore the relationship between single-cell recordings studies of primates and functional brain imaging studies of perception and memory in humans.
To determine how "top-down" influences of attention and memory affect perceptual processing.