[1] Source: National Academy of Sciences For advancing understanding of the mechanisms of neural development, neuronal diversity, and brain wiring.
For her groundbreaking insights into the functional organization of the human brain, including the discovery of neocortical subregions that differentially engage in the perception of faces, places, music and even what others think, thereby linking modularity of mind theories to neuroscience.
For her body of work that has transformed the perception of neuronal circuits as static structures well-described by connectivity diagrams, to our current understanding of microcircuits as flexible and dynamic entities that efficiently balance the needs for plasticity and stability.
For his discovery of the columnar organization of the mammalian cerebral cortex and for original studies relating behavior to function of single cells in higher cortical areas.
For development of a powerful method for determining connectivity among specific brain sites and thus establishing now-classical circuits in the limbic system.