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Kuniyoshi Sakai

さかい くによし

Sakai Kuniyoshi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1964-09-17 (Tokyo, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Neurophysiologist, Professor
Active Years
1992-
Affiliations
University of Tokyo, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Influenced By
Noam Chomsky

Education

University of Tsukuba Secondary School
Year of Graduation: 1983
Country: Japan
University of Tokyo
Faculty of Science / Department of Physics
Degree: 理学士
Period: 1983-1987
Year of Graduation: 1987
Country: Japan
Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Science / Doctoral Program
Degree: 理学博士
Period: 1987-1992
Year of Graduation: 1992
Country: Japan
PhD thesis titled "Neural organization for the long-term memory of paired associates in the primate temporal cortex"

Awards

Mainichi Publication Culture Award
2002
Work: Neuroscience of Language: How the Brain Produces Words
Organization: Mainichi Publication Culture Award
Result: winner
Tsukahara Nakaaki Memorial Prize
2002
Work: Neuroscience of Language: How the Brain Produces Words
Organization: Tsukahara Nakaaki Memorial Prize
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Cognitive Neuroscience Invading the Mind: A Unified Theory of Memory and Consciousness

1997 Science

Neuroscience of Language: How the Brain Produces Words

2002 Science

The Work of a Scientist: How Creativity is Born

2007 Science

Building the Brain Through Reading: Why Printed Books Are Necessary for Humans

2011 Science

The Thinking Classroom

2015 Science

The Way of Thinking in Science: Einstein's Universe

2016 Science

Einstein: The Way of Thinking in Science Explained with High School Mathematics

2016 Science

Chomsky and the Neuroscience of Language

2019 Science

Bibliography

  • Cognitive Neuroscience Invading the Mind: A Unified Theory of Memory and Consciousness
  • Neuroscience of Language: How the Brain Produces Words
  • The Work of a Scientist: How Creativity is Born
  • Building the Brain Through Reading: Why Printed Books Are Necessary for Humans
  • The Thinking Classroom
  • The Way of Thinking in Science: Einstein's Universe
  • Einstein: The Way of Thinking in Science Explained with High School Mathematics
  • Chomsky and the Neuroscience of Language