American neuroscientist, author, and science communicator (born 1971)
David Eagleman
Eagleman in 2010
Born
(1971-04-25) April 25, 1971 (age 53)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Alma mater
Rice University
Baylor College of Medicine
Salk Institute
Known for
Time perception
brain plasticity
synesthesia
neurolaw
PBS television series: The Brain with David Eagleman
Books: Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
Incognito
The Brain: The Story of You
The Runaway Species
Livewired
Podcast: Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship, Science Educator of the Year from Society for Neuroscience, Claude Shannon Luminary Award from Bell Labs
Scientific career
Fields
Neuroscience
Institutions
Stanford University
Doctoral advisor
Read Montague
Website
eagleman.com eagleman.sites.stanford.edu
David Eagleman (born April 25, 1971) is an American neuroscientist, author, and science communicator. He teaches neuroscience at Stanford University[1] and is CEO and co-founder of Neosensory, a company that develops devices for sensory substitution.[2] He also directs the non-profit Center for Science and Law, which seeks to align the legal system with modern neuroscience[3] and is Chief Science Officer and co-founder of BrainCheck, a digital cognitive health platform used in medical practices and health systems.[4] He is known for his work on brain plasticity,[5] time perception,[6] synesthesia,[7] and neurolaw.[8]
He is a Guggenheim Fellow and a New York Times-bestselling author published in 32 languages.[9][10][11][12][13] He is the writer and presenter of the international television series, The Brain with David Eagleman,[14] and the host of the podcast "Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman".[15] His podcast Inner Cosmos has been ranked the #1 science podcast on Apple several times[16] and was nominated for the best science podcast of the year at the iHeart Podcast Awards at SXSW.[17]
^"David Eagleman". deagle.people.stanford.edu. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
^"Home". neosensory.com. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
^"Center for Science & Law – We harness neuroscience, data science, and legal research to advance justice". scilaw.org. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
^"Cognitive Health Platform for Everyday Clinical Use". BrainCheck. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^David Eagleman TED talk, March 18, 2015.
^The Possibilian: David Eagleman and the Mysteries of the Brain, The New Yorker, April 25, 2011.
^Cytowic RE and Eagleman DM (2009). Wednesday is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia. Cambridge: MIT Press.
^The Brain on Trial, David Eagleman, The Atlantic, July 2011
^Inside the List, New York Times, June 10, 2011
^Alexander McCall Smith, Eternal Whimsy: Review of David Eagleman's Sum, New York Times Book Review, June 12, 2009. Retrieved on June 14, 2009.
^Geoff Dyer, Do you really want to come back as a horse?: Geoff Dyer is bowled over by a neuroscientist's exploration of the beyond, The Observer, June 7, 2009. Retrieved on June 12, 2009.
^David Eagleman's Sum (book review), Los Angeles Times, February 1, 2009. Retrieved on February 8, 2009.
^International editions of SUM. Retrieved on March 19, 2015.
^"The Brain with David Eagleman | PBS". Retrieved November 4, 2022 – via www.pbs.org.
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