Key Thinkers in Neuroscience provides insight into the life and work of some of the most significant minds that have shaped the field. Studies of the human brain have been varied and complex, and the field is rich in pioneers whose endeavours have broken new ground in neuroscience.

Adopting a chronological and multi-disciplinary approach to each Key Thinker, the book highlights their extraordinary contributions to neuroscience. Beginning with Santiago Ramon y Cajal and finishing with the philosophers Patricia Churchland and Paul Churchland, this book provides a comprehensive look at the new ideas and discoveries that have shaped neuroscientific research and practice, and the people that have been invaluable to this field.

This book will be an indispensable companion for all students of neuroscience and the history of psychology, as well as anyone interested in how we have built our knowledge of the brain.

Andy Wickens is a former Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. His main area of expertise is in biological psychology and neuroscience

KEY THINKERS IN NEUROSCIENCE

1. Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852-1934).
2. Charles Sherrington (1857-1952).
3. John Langley (1852-1925).
4. Korbinian Brodmann (1868-1918)
5. Wilder Penfield (1891-1976).
6. Edgar Adrian (1889-1977).
7. Henry Hallet Dale (1875-1968).
8. Walter Hess (1881-1973).
9. Karl Lashley (1890-1958).
10. Giuseppi Moruzzi (1910-1986) and Horace Magoun (1907-1991).
11. Donald Hebb (1904-1985).
12. Nathaniel Kleitman (1895-1999).
13. Andrew Hodgkin (1914-1998) and Andrew Huxley (1917-2012).
14. Paul MacLean (1913-2007)
15. John Eccles (1903-1997).
16. Bernard Katz (1911-2003).
17. Seymour Kety (1915-2000)
18. Brenda Milner (b. 1918).
19. James Olds (1922-1976)
20. Julius Axelrod (1912-2004).
21. Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909-2012).
22. Roger Sperry (1913-1994).
23. David Hubel (1926-2013) and Torsten Wiesel (b.1924).
24. Arvid Carlsson (b.1923).
25. Norman Geschwind (1926-1984).
26. Paul Geengard (b. 1925).
27. Benjamin Libet (1916-2007).
28. Eric Kandel (b. 1929).
29. Erwin Neher (b.1944) and Bert Sakmann (b.1942).
30. David Marr (1945-1980).
31. Mortimer Mishkin (b. 1926) and Leslie Ungerleider (b. 1946).
32. Timothy Bliss (b. 1940) and Terje Lømo (b. 1935).
33. Richard Axel (b. 1946) and Linda Buck (b. 1947).
34. Giacomo Rizzolatti (b. 1937).
35. John O'Keefe (b. 1939).
36. Michael Gazziniga (b. 1939).
37. Joseph LeDoux (b. 1949).
38. Patricia Churchland (b. 1943) and Paul Churchland (b. 1942).