Robert Shapley
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Robert Shapley is an American neurophysiologist, and professor at the New York University
Center for Neural Science.
He graduated from Harvard University
, and from Rockefeller University
with a PhD in neurophysiology and biophysics.
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
Center for Neural Science.
He graduated from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, and from Rockefeller University
Rockefeller University
The Rockefeller University is a private university offering postgraduate and postdoctoral education. It has a strong concentration in the biological sciences. It is also known for producing numerous Nobel laureates...
with a PhD in neurophysiology and biophysics.
Works
- Contrast Sensitivity, Volume 5, Editors Robert Shapley, Dominic Man-Kit Lam, MIT Press, 1993, ISBN 9780262193399
- "Introduction", Advances in photoreception: proceedings of a Symposium on Frontiers of Visual Science, National Academies Press, 1990, ISBN 9780309042406
- "The Role of Insight in Perceptual Learning: Evidence from Illusory Contour Perception", Editors Manfred Fahle, Tomaso Poggio, MIT Press, 2002, ISBN 9780262062213
- "The Receptive Fields of Visual Neurons", Seeing, Editor Karen K. De Valois, Academic Press, 2000, ISBN 9780124437609