Center for Neural Science

The Center for Neural Science is a research institution founded in 1989 by members of the New York University Psychology Department, following a major funding drive.

[1] Its founder was J. Anthony Movshon, who has been director ever since, with brief interruptions.

Among them are three members of the National Academy of Sciences: J. Anthony Movshon, David Heeger, and Joseph E. LeDoux.

Thanks to the work of Paul Glimcher,[2] it is one of the birthplaces of neuroeconomics.

Thanks to the work of Joseph LeDoux, it has been a prime center for the study of emotions and the amygdala.