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Allan Snyder is recognised for discoveries in the fields of mind sciences, visual neurobiology, communications and optical physics.
He received the Marconi Prize, the world's "foremost prize in communication and information technology", in New York City in December 2001.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and the recipient of its 2001 Clifford Paterson Prize for "contributions which benefit mankind."
His discoveries in brain science are hailed in the journal Nature as "breaking a 19th century mindset", while his advances in physics are described in Science as a "giant step forward" and are also featured in the Economist.
His intriguing hypothesis that everyone possesses the extraordinary skills of savants, is declared "startling" by Nature, a "breakthrough that could lead to a revolution in the way we understand... the functioning of the human brain" by the New York Times and "brave and original" in a New Scientist cover story. Professor Snyder is also featured in The Times of London, the BBC, CNN, and Barbara Walters' ABC 20/20.
Previously, he was a Guggenheim Fellow at Yale University’s School of Medicine and a Royal Society Research Fellow at the Physiology Laboratories of Cambridge University. He is a graduate of Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University College London.
Dr Snyder is the director of the Centre for the Mind and a co-founder of Emotiv Systems. He holds the 150th Anniversary Chair of Science and the Mind at the University of Sydney (see [1]). The Centre for the Mind is the brainchild of Professor Allan Snyder FRS, and was launched at the historic Museum of Sydney on August 4th 1997 (Australia). ...
Emotiv is a technology company based in Australia and U.S. working on a brain-computer interface technology that can detect and process both human conscious thoughts and non-conscious emotions. ...
Allan W. Snyder
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Philadelphia | | Residence | Sydney, Australia | | Field | Mind Sciences, Visual Neurobiology, Communications and Optical Physics | | Institution | Director, Centre for the Mind, University of Sydney | | Alma mater | University of London (DSc), University College London (PhD), Harvard (MS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SM), Pennsylvania State University (BS), Central High School Philadelphia (BA). | | Notable prizes | 1996 Harrie Massey Medal of the British Institutes of Physics, 1997 International Australia Prize, 2001 Marconi Prize, 2001 Clifford Paterson Prize, Royal Society | Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...
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The Centre for the Mind is the brainchild of Professor Allan Snyder FRS, and was launched at the historic Museum of Sydney on August 4th 1997 (Australia). ...
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Education
Snyder has a DSc from the University of London, a PhD from University College, London, an MS from Harvard University and an SM from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Scientific Career Snyder's career has been punctuated by advances in diverse fields. These have led to new ways of thinking about, and approaching, fundamental problems in visual neurobiology, fibre optics communications, optical physics and the mind sciences. In several instances they have paved the way for contemporary technologies that impact on our lives.
Professor Snyder has some 298 journal publications and several books.
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