Santiago Ramón y Cajal
1852–1934 · SpainNeuron doctrine
Santiago Ramón y Cajal shaped discourse on cellular learning through research and public writing relevant to Eric Kandel.
People who shaped how we talk about Eric Kandel.
Eight voices span anatomy, clinic, computation and culture.
People
Paul Broca
1824–1880 · FranceSpeech localization
Paul Broca shaped discourse on cellular learning through research and public writing relevant to Eric Kandel.
Carl Wernicke
1848–1905 · GermanyComprehension aphasia
Carl Wernicke shaped discourse on cellular learning through research and public writing relevant to Eric Kandel.
Wilder Penfield
1891–1976 · CanadaCortical maps
Wilder Penfield shaped discourse on cellular learning through research and public writing relevant to Eric Kandel.
David Hubel
1926–2013 · Canada/USVisual columns
David Hubel shaped discourse on cellular learning through research and public writing relevant to Eric Kandel.
Torsten Wiesel
b. 1924 · Sweden/USCritical periods
Torsten Wiesel shaped discourse on cellular learning through research and public writing relevant to Eric Kandel.
Eric Kandel
b. 1929 · Austria/USCellular learning
Eric Kandel shaped discourse on cellular learning through research and public writing relevant to Eric Kandel.
Antonio Damasio
b. 1944 · Portugal/USSomatic markers
Antonio Damasio shaped discourse on cellular learning through research and public writing relevant to Eric Kandel.
Portraits resolve via Wikimedia when Commons licences allow.
Keep exploring
More in Pioneers
🖋️
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
The neuron doctrine — drawing the brain cell by cell.
Research 58 🗣️Paul Broca
Speech production and the birth of modern localization.
Research 69 👂Carl Wernicke
Comprehension aphasia and the language network idea.
Research 58 🗺️Wilder Penfield
Cortical maps from the operating room — the sensory homunculus.
Research 85 👁️Hubel & Wiesel
How visual cortex builds edges, columns and critical periods.
Research 58 ❤️Antonio Damasio
Feeling, self and somatic markers in decision circuits.
Research 78 🎨Margaret Livingstone
Vision, art and how cortex separates colour, form and motion.
Research 74