Eric Knudsen
Eric Knudsen | |
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| Born | October 7, 1949 Palo Alto, California, United States |
| Alma mater | University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A., M.A.) University of California, San Diego (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Auditory system brain-mapping of the barn owl |
| Awards | Lashey Award (2008) Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2005) Troland Research Award (1988) Newcomb Cleveland Prize (1978) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology, Neuroscience |
| Institutions | Stanford University School of Medicine |
| Thesis | Midbrain responses to electroreceptive input in catfish (1976) |
| Doctoral advisor | Theodore H. Bullock |
Eric Ingvald Knudsen is a professor of neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he also served as chairman during 2001–2006. He is best known for his discovery, along with Masakazu Konishi, of a brain map of sound location in two dimensions in the barn owl, tyto alba. His work has contributed to the understanding of information processing in the auditory system of the barn owl, the plasticity of the auditory space map in developing and adult barn owls, the influence of auditory and visual experience on the space map, and more recently, mechanisms of attention and learning. He is a recipient of the Lashley Award, the Gruber Prize in Neuroscience, and the Newcomb Cleveland Prize and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.