Chandramani ramachandran

V.S. Ramachandran

V.S. Ramachandran, M.D., Ph.D. is Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Professor of Neurosciences and Psychology at the University of , , and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the Salk Institute. Ramachandran trained as a physician and obtained a medical degree from Stanley Medical College and subsequently a doctorate from Trinity College at the University of Cambridge, England.

Ramachandran's early research was on visual perception but he is best known for his work in Neurology. He was recently elected a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, was awarded the John F. Streff Gold Medal from the Neurological Rehabilitation Society of America, a Gold medal from the Australian National University and the Ariens Kappers Medal from the Royal Nederlands Academy of Sciences for distinguished contributions in neuroscience. In 1995 he gave the Decade of the Brain Lecture at the 25th annual (Silver Jubilee) meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and more recently the Inaugural keynote lecture at the Decade of the Brain Conference held by NIMH and the Library

V. S. Ramachandran

V.S. Ramachandran

V.S. Ramachandran in 2011.

Born

Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran[1]


(1951-08-10) August 10, 1951 (age 73)[2]
NationalityIndian
EducationStanley Medical College, Trinity College
Known forDiscovery of mirror neuron, sensory research, phantom limb research, brain research, perception research, A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness, Phantoms in the Brain, The Tell-tale Brain
Scientific career
FieldsNeurology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Salk Institute[3]

Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran, also called V.S. Ramachandran[4][3] (born 10 August 1951) is an Indianscientist and educator. He has written more than 180 scientific research papers. He co-discovered the mirror neuron, a nerve cell that helps human beings understand other human beings' actions. Richard Dawkins called him "the Marco Polo of Neuroscience." Time magazine called him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[3]

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In this Indian name, the name Subramanian is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Ramachandran.

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V. S. Ramachandran

Ramachandran at the 2011 Time 100 gala

Born

Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran


(1951-08-10) 10 August 1951 (age 73)

Tamil Nadu, India

Alma mater
Known forResearch in neurology, visual perception, phantom limbs, synesthesia, autism, body integrity identity disorder, mirror therapy
AwardsHenry Dale Medal (2005), Padma Bhushan (2007), Scientist of the Year (ARCS Foundation) (2014)
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Diego

Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran (born 10 August 1951) is an Indian-Americanneuroscientist. He is known for his wide-ranging experiments and theories in behavioral neurology, including the invention of the mirror box. Ramachandran is a distinguished professor in UCSD's Department of Psychology, where he is the director of the Center for Brain and Cognition.

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