Mortimer
Mishkin
Senior Investigator
National Institutes of Health
2009
People & Society
For his contributions to understanding the neural basis of perception and memory in primates, notably the delineation of sensory neocortical processing systems especially for vision, audition, and somatic sensation, and the organization of memory systems in the brain.
Presented by President Barack H. Obama in the East Room of the White House on November 17, 2010.