David Heeger

Neuroscientist, Person

1960 –

98

Who is David Heeger?

David J. Heeger is an American professor of psychology and neural science at New York University whose research spans a cross-section of engineering, psychology, and neuroscience.

In the fields of perceptual psychology, systems neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, and computational neuroscience, Heeger has developed computational theories of neuronal processing in the visual system, and he has performed psychophysics and neuroimaging experiments on human vision. His contributions to computational neuroscience include theories for how the brain can sense optic flow and egomotion, and a theory of neural processing called the normalization model. His empirical research has contributed to our understanding of the topographic organization of visual cortex, visual awareness, visual pattern detection/discrimination, visual motion perception, stereopsis, attention, working memory, the control of eye and hand movements, neural processing of complex audio-visual and emotional experiences, abnormal visual processing in dyslexia, and neurophysiological characteristics of autism.

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Born
1960
Parents
Siblings
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Bachelor's degree, University of Pennsylvania
    Mathematics
    ( - 1983)
  • Doctorate, University of Pennsylvania
    Computer Science
    ( - 1987)
Employment
  • New York University
    (2002 - )
  • Stanford University
    (1991 - 2002)
Lived in
  • New York

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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