July 15, 2009

Neuroscientist James McGaugh has been selected to receive the American Philosophical Society’s 2009 Karl Spencer Lashley Award. Established in 1957 by Lashley, a society member and distinguished neuroscientist and neuropsychologist, the award recognizes outstanding research on the integrative neuroscience of behavior. McGaugh is founding chair of the Department of Neurobiology & Behavior and founding director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory.