Joaquin Fuster

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Joaquin Fuster, M.D., Ph.D.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Research Interests and Contributions
Awards and Honors
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Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior
School of Medicine
University of California at Los Angeles

Professional Address:

UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior
760 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, California 90095-1759
Telephone: 310-825-0247
FAX:          310-206-2291
E-mail address: joaquinf@ucla.edu

Place of Birth: Barcelona, Spain
Citizenship: United States
M.D.: University of Barcelona, 1953
Diplomate, Spanish Board of Psychiatry, 1964
Ph.D.: University of Granada (Spain), 1967
California Medical License, 1969
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RESEARCH INTERESTS

     Studies of the brain mechanisms of cognitive functions (attention, perception, memory, language, and intelligence). The objective of these studies is to gain better understanding of the dysfunction of the cerebral cortex in neurological and mental illness impairing cognition. Such understanding leads to more effective modes of treatment and rehabilitation.

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AWARDS AND HONORS

Fellowship Jaime Balmes, 1954
Fellowship Gregorio Del Amo, 1956
Career Investigator Award (NIMH), 1960
Career Development Award (NIMH), 1965
Research Scientist Award (NIMH), 1970
Senior Scientist Award (NIMH), 1990
The Magoun Lecturer, University of California, 1991
The Ojemann Lecturer, University of Iowa, 1995
Spanish Royal Academy of Medicine (elected Member of Honor, 1997)
The Elsevier Lecturer, European Brain and Behavior Society, 1997
JeanLouis Signoret Prize, (Paris), 2000
Fyssen International Prize, (Paris), 2000
The Elliot Lecture, University of Pennsylvania, 2002
European Brain and Behavior Society (elected Member of Honor, 2002)
Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain (2004)
Goldman-Rakic Prize for Cognitive Neuroscience NARSAD (2006)
George Miller Prize, Cognitive Neuroscience Society (2007)
Earl Usdin Award (2008)
Doctor Honoris Causa, Univesidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain (2008)
The Geschwind Memorial Lecture, Harvard University (2009)
The Woolsey Lecture, University of Wisconsin (2010)
Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2010)
The Charles L. Branch Brain Health Award (2011)
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
 
    In 1958 Fuster provides the first evidence that the reticular activating system of the brain stem, a neural substrate for arousal from sleep, modulates selective visual attention (Science, 1958). In 1960 he develops one of the first microelectrode methods for single-unit recording. He demonstrates the reticular facilitation of the excitatory as well as inhibitory reactions of neurons in the visual cortex to visual stimuli (Science 1961), an indication of reticular enhancement of visual contrast in the cortex as a result of attention. With Creutzfeldt, at the Munich Max-Planck Institute, he obtains the first intracellular records from cortical cells, and shows a psychophysical power-function between visual stimulus intensity and synaptic potential amplitude in the visual system (Z. vergl. Physiol., 1965). In the late 60's, he develops cryogenic probes for reversible inactivation of cortical areas. With Alexander, he demonstrates a reversible deficit in delayed-response behavior by mild cooling of the prefrontal cortex (Brain Res., 1970).

     In 1971 he discovers and describes the first "memory cells" ever found in the primate brain (Science, 1971, J. Neurophysiol., 1973). These are cortical cells that show persistent discharge during the short-term memorization of an item of information for prospective use (working memory). In 1980 he publishes The Prefrontal Cortex. This book, now in its fourth edition, is both a review of research on the subject and a compendium of the author's ideas on the cognitive functions of the frontal lobe.  Central among those functions is the temporal organization of behavior, speech, and reasoning. In 1981, Fuster and Jervey discover the first visual memory cells in inferotemporal (IT) cortex (Science 1981; J. Neurosci., 1982). Subsequently, Fuster explores the role of attention in IT neurons during the performance of a memory task requiring the selective extraction of visual features (color or pattern) from complex stimuli. He shows that IT cells are modulated by attention to the visual feature in working memory (J. Neurophysiol., 1990). In the 1990's he and his colleagues discover and analyze the properties of working-memory cells for tactile features in somatosensory cortex (PNAS, 1996, 2000). In 2000, they demonstrate that neurons in the prefrontal cortex integrate information across two different sensory modalities--audition and vision--and across time (Nature, 2000).

     In recent years, Fuster and colleagues have been studying the physiological dynamics of working memory in the cerebral cortex.  The purpose is to clarify the mechanisms by which the cortex stores and retains information in working memory, a cognitive function of prime importance in the coordination of behavior, speech, and reasoning.  For that purpose they have been utilizing the latest and most advanced methods of neuroimaging (NeuroImage, 2005) and neurocomputation (Eur.J.Neurosci, 2005).

     As the result of his research findings, Fuster develops and tests the hypothesis that all three forms of memory--that is, short-term memory, working memory, and long-term memory--share the same cortical networks, though in different states. In Memory in the Cerebral Cortex (MIT, 1995) he defends this line of reasoning, proposing that working memory essentially consists of the temporary activation of a cortical network of long-term memory, however updated and reconfigured for present behavioral conditions. In support of these ideas, he and his collaborators conduct functional-imaging studies in humans and monkeys (Cerebral Cortex, 1995). At present, these studies continue with the addition of optical imaging and spectroscopy. In a more recent book, Cortex and Mind: Unifying Cognition (Oxford, 2003), Fuster expands his concepts, beyond memory, to other cognitive functions. He contends that all cognitive functions are based on neural transactions within and between neuronal networks of cognitive representation which he calls cognits (J. Cogn. Neurosci., 2009; Trends Cogn. Sci., 2012). 

     Fuster's research has wide-ranging implications for elucidating the brain mechanisms of cognition. By gaining better understanding of these mechanisms, we are able to better understand the disorders of cognition at the foundation of many neurological and psychiatric disorders, notably brain stroke, brain trauma, Alzheimer's dementia, and schizophrenia.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND AFFILIATIONS

American Psychiatric Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science
European Brain and Behavior Society
European Neuroscience Association
Helmholtz Club
International Brain Research Organization
International Primatological Society
Medical Research Association of California
Royal Academy of Medicine, Barcelona
Sociedad Española de Neurociencia
Society for Neuroscience
The Neurosciences Institute, San Diego
Center for Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, UC Irvine
Guttman Institute for Neurorehabilitation, Barcelona
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PUBLICATIONS

Books:
J.M. Fuster ‑ The Prefrontal Cortex: Anatomy, Physiology, and Neuropsychology of the Frontal Lobe.  Raven Press, New York, 1980.
J.M. Fuster ‑ The Prefrontal Cortex (Second Edition), Raven Press, New York, 1989.

J.M. Fuster - Memory in the Cerebral Cortex: An Empirical Approach to Neural Networks in the Human and Nonhuman Primate.  Cambridge, MIT Press, 1995.

J.M. Fuster ‑ The Prefrontal Cortex  (Third Edition), Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1997.

H. Sakata, A. Mikami and J.M. Fuster  (editors) - The Association Cortex: Structure and Functions.  Harwood, Amsterdam, 1997.

J.M. Fuster - Memory in the Cerebral Cortex: An Empirical Approach to Neural Networks in the Human and Nonhuman Primate.  Cambridge, MIT Press, (paperback), 1999.

J.M. Fuster - Cortex and Mind: Unifying Cognition, Oxford University Press, 2003.

J.M. Fuster - The Prefrontal Cortex (Fourth Edition) Academic Press, London, 2008.

J.M. Fuster - The Neuroscience of Freedom and Creativity, Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters:

J.M. Fuster ‑ Farmacología del "antabus" en el tratamiento del alcoholismo.  Medicina Clínica 14:225‑227, 1950.

J.M. Fuster and H. Urban ‑ Juicio crítico de la leucotomía en Austria.  Med. Contemp. (Lisboa) 72:643‑647, 1954.

J.M. Fuster ‑ La regulación vegetativa en enfermos psicóticos. Folia Clin. Internacional  5:12‑20, 1955.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Die Physiopathologie der Kataplexie.  Confinia Neurologica 15:360‑368, 1955.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Psicología de las actitudes.  In Psicología de la Vida Personal, Publicaciones del Instituto Mental de la Santa Cruz, Barcelona, pp. 39‑45, 1955.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Psicohigiene del estudio en la escuela de enseñanza primaria.  Revista  Española de Pedagogía 58:142‑149, 1957.

J. Fuster Pomar and J.M. Fuster ‑ La cataplexia como síntoma neuropsiquiátrico.  Anales de Medicina, Barcelona, 43:86‑91, 1957.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Effects of stimulation of brain stem on tachistoscopic perception.  Science 127:150, 1958.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Lysergic acid and its effects on visual discrimination in monkeys.  Journal of Nervous and Mental Disorders 129:252‑256, 1959.

S.J. Weinberg and J.M. Fuster ‑ Hypothalamic control of heart function as manifested in an electrocardiographic study.  Archives of International Physiology and Biochemistry 67:699‑704, 1959.

J.M. Fuster and S.J. Weinberg ‑ Bioelectrical changes of the heart cycle induced by stimulation of diencephalic regions.  Experimental Neurology 2:26‑39, 1960.

S.J. Weinberg and J.M. Fuster ‑ Electrocardiographic changes produced by localized hypothalamic stimulations.  Annals of Internal Medicine 53:332‑341, 1960.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Excitation and inhibition of neuronal firing in visual cortex by reticular stimulation.  Science 133:2011‑2012, 1961.

J.M. Fuster and R.F. Docter ‑ Variations of optic evoked potentials as a function of reticular activity in rabbits with chronically implanted electrodes.  Journal of Neurophysiology 25:324‑336, 1962.

J.M. Fuster and A.A. Uyeda ‑ Facilitation of tachistoscopic performance by stimulation of midbrain tegmental points in the monkey.  Experimental Neurology 6:384‑406, 1962.

A.A. Uyeda and J.M. Fuster ‑ The effects of amphetamine on tachistoscopic performace in the monkey.  Psychopharmacologia 3:463‑467, 1962.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Especificidad funcional del sensorio y activación reticular en la dinámica bioeléctrica neuronal.  Revista de Medicina, Estudios Generales de Navarra 6:166‑174, 1962.

F. Reinoso‑Suárez and J.M. Fuster ‑ Respuestas repetitivas en vías visuales tras lesiones en formación reticular subtalámica y mesencefálica.  Anales de Anatomía 12:1‑12, 1963.

O. Creutzfeldt, J.M. Fuster, D. Lux and A. Nacimiento ‑ Experimenteller Nachweis von Beziehungen zwischen EEG‑Wellen und Aktivität corticaler Nervenzellen.  Naturwiss. 51:166‑167, 1964.

A. Herz, O. Creutzfeldt and J.M. Fuster ‑ Statistische Eigenschaften der Neuronaktivität im aszendierenden visuellen System.  Kybernetik 2:61‑71, 1964.

J.M. Fuster, A. Herz and O. Creutzfeldt ‑ Analysis of cell‑discharge in spontaneous and optically modulated activity in the visual system.  Arch. Ital. Biol. 103:159‑177, 1965.

A. Herz and J.M. Fuster ‑ Ueber die Wirkung von Barbituraten und Amphetamin auf die Entladungstätigkeit corticaler Neurone.  Naunyn‑Schmiedeberg's Arch. exp. Path. u. Pharmak. 249:146‑161, 1964.

J.M. Fuster, O.D. Creutzfeldt and M. Straschill ‑ Intra‑cellular recording of neuronal activity in the visual system.  Z. vergl. Physiol. 49:605‑622, 1965.

O. Creutzfeldt, J.M. Fuster, A. Herz and M. Straschill ‑ Some problems of information transmission in the visual system.  In J.C. Eccles (Ed.), Brain and Conscious Experience, Springer, New York, pp. 203‑241, 1965.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Modulación reticular de la actividad bioeléctrica de neuronas sensoriales.  Anales de Anatomía 15:225‑265, 1966.

A.A. Uyeda and J.M. Fuster ‑ Effects of cooling "association cortex" on visual evoked potentials.  Psychology Reports 20:377‑378, 1967.

G. Sierra and J.M. Fuster ‑ Facilitation of secondary visual evoked responses by stimulation of limbic structures.  EEG and Clinical Neurophysiology 25:274‑278, 1968.

J.M. Fuster and G. Sierra ‑ Amplitude of visual evoked potentials as a function of illuminance.  Psychonomic Science 12:105‑106, 1968.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Mecanismos cerebrales de la atención.  Rev. Psiquiatría y Psicología Médica 9:3‑15, 1970.

J.M. Fuster and G.E. Alexander ‑ Delayed response deficit by cryogenic depression of frontal cortex.  Brain Research 20:85‑90, 1970.

J.M. Fuster and A.A. Uyeda ‑ Reactivity of limbic neurons of the monkey to appetitive and aversive signals.  EEG and Clinical Neurophysiology 30:281‑293, 1971.

J.M. Fuster and G.E. Alexander ‑ Neuron activity related to short‑term memory.  Science 173:652‑654, 1971.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Transient memory and neuronal activity in the thalamus.  In K.H. Pribram and A.R. Luria (Eds.), Psychophysiology of the Frontal Lobes, Academic Press, New York, 1973, pp. 157‑165.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Unit activity in the prefrontal cortex during delayed response performance:  neuronal correlates of transient memory.  Journal of Neurophysiology 36:61‑78, 1973.

J.M. Fuster and G.E. Alexander ‑ Firing changes in cells of the nucleus medialis dorsalis
associated with delayed response behavior.  Brain Research 61:79‑91, 1973.

G.E. Alexander and J.M. Fuster ‑ Effects of cooling prefrontal cortex on cell firing in the nucleus medialis dorsalis.  Brain Research 61: 93‑105, 1973.

J.M. Fuster and R.H. Bauer ‑ Visual short‑term memory deficit from hypothermia of frontal cortex.  Brain Research 81:393‑400, 1974.

R.H. Bauer and J.M. Fuster ‑ Delayed‑matching and delayed‑response deficit from cooling dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in monkeys.  Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology 90:293‑302, 1976.

P.R.A. May, J.M. Fuster, P. Newman and A. Hirschman ‑ Woodpeckers and head injury.  The Lancet 1:454‑459, 1976.

R.H. Bauer and J.M. Fuster ‑ The effect of ambient illumination on delayed‑matching and delayed‑response deficits from cooling dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.  Behavioral Biology 22:60‑66, 1978.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Procesos corticales en la memoria visual del primate.  En Bases Biológicas de la Psiquiatría, Actas del XIV Congreso de la Asociación Española de Neuropsiquiatría, Sevilla, 1977, pp. 101‑116.

R.H. Bauer and J.M. Fuster ‑ Effects of d‑amphetamine and prefrontal cortical cooling on delayed matching‑to‑sample behavior.  Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 8:243‑249, 1978.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Sustained activation of cortical neurons in stimulus- recognition tasks.  In D.A. Otto (Ed.), Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Event‑Related Brain Potential Research, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, pp. 48‑50, 1978.

P.R.A. May, J.M. Fuster, J. Haber and A. Hirschman ‑ Woodpecker drilling behavior:  An endorsement of the rotational theory of impact brain injury.  Archives of Neurology 36:370‑373, 1979.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Prefrontal Cortex in Motor Control.  In V.B. Brooks (Ed.), Handbook of Physiology: Nervous System - Motor Control, Volume II, The American Physiological Society, Chapter 25, pp. 1149‑1178, 1981.

R. Goldberg, J.M. Fuster and R. Alvarez‑Peláez ‑ Frontal cell activity during delayed response performance in squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus).  Physiology and Behavior 25:425‑432, 1980.

C.E. Rosenkilde, R.H. Bauer and J.M. Fuster ‑ Single cell activity in ventral prefrontal cortex of behaving monkeys.  Brain Research 209:375‑394, 1981.

J.M. Fuster, R.H. Bauer and J.P. Jervey ‑ Effects of cooling inferotemporal cortex on performance of visual memory tasks.  Experimental Neurology 71:398‑409, 1981.

J.M. Fuster and J.P. Jervey ‑ Inferotemporal neurons distinguish and retain behaviorally relevant features of visual stimuli.  Science 212:952‑955, 1981.

J.M. Fuster and J.P. Jervey ‑ Neuronal firing in the inferotemporal cortex of the monkey in a visual memory task.  Journal of Neuroscience 2:361‑375, 1982.

J.M. Fuster, T.J. Willey, D.M. Riley and J.W. Ashford ‑ Effects of ethanol on visual evoked responses in monkeys performing a memory task.  EEG and Clinical Neurophysiology 53:621‑633, 1982.

J.M. Fuster, R.H. Bauer and J.P. Jervey ‑ Cellular discharge in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of the monkey in cognitive tasks.  Experimental Neurology 77:679‑694, 1982.

K.R. Erickson, T.J. Willey, D.M. Riley, J.M. Fuster and A.F. Lawrence ‑ Principal component analysis of evoked responses and the effects of alcohol on the geniculostriate system of the monkey.  Neurological Research 4:89‑113, 1982.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Cortical neuron activity in the temporal organization of behavior.  In C.D. Woody (Ed.), Conditioning: Representation of Involved Neural Functions, Advances In Behavioral Biology, vol. 26, Plenum, New York, pp. 293‑306, 1982.

J.M. Fuster and J.P. Jervey ‑ Funciones cognoscitivas de la corteza inferotemporal.  En L. Barraquer et al. (Eds.), Centenario de la Neurología en España, Anales Hospital de la Santa Crèu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, 1983, pp. 25‑31.

J.M. Fuster ‑ The cortical substrate of memory.  In L.R. Squire and N. Butters (Eds.), Neuropsychology of Memory, The Guilford Press, New York and London, pp. 279‑286, 1984.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Behavioral electrophysiology of the prefrontal cortex.  Trends in Neurosciences 7:408‑414, 1984.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Functional relationship between inferotemporal and prefrontal cortex.  In  F. Reinoso‑Suárez and C. Ajmone‑Marsan (Eds.), Cortical Integration:  Basic, Archicortical, and Cortical Association Levels of Neural Integration - Volume II, Raven Press, New York, pp. 341‑352, 1984.

J.M. Fuster, R.H. Bauer and J.P. Jervey ‑ Functional interactions between inferotemporal and prefrontal cortex in a cognitive task.  Brain Research 330:299‑307, 1985.

J.M. Fuster ‑ The path to action.  Open peer commentary to "Supplementary motor area structure and function: Review and hypotheses", by G. Goldberg.  Behavioral and Brain Sciences 8:589-591, 1985. 

J.M. Fuster ‑ The prefrontal cortex and temporal integration.  In A. Peters and E.G. Jones (Eds.), Cerebral Cortex, 4: Association and Auditory Cortices.  Plenum, New York, l5l‑l77, 1985.

W.J. Ashford, K.L. Coburn and J.M. Fuster ‑ The elgiloy microelectrode: Fabrication techniques and characteristics. Journal of Neuroscience Methods l4: 247‑252, 1985.

J.M. Fuster, T.J. Willey and D.M. Riley ‑ Effects of ethanol on eye movements in the monkey.  Alcohol 2:6ll‑6l6, 1985.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Prefrontal Cortex.  In G. Adelman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Vol. II.  Birkhäuser, Boston, pp. 972-975, 1987.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Temporal organization of behavior (Introduction).  Human Neurobiology 4:57‑60, 1985.

J.M. Fuster ‑ The prefrontal cortex, mediator of cross‑temporal contingencies.  Human Neurobiology 4:l69‑l79, 1985.

J.W. Ashford and J.M. Fuster ‑ Occipital and inferotemporal responses to visual signals in the monkey.  Experimental Neurology 90:444‑466, l985.

J. Quintana and J.M. Fuster ‑ A microelectrode for depth recording in awake animals.  EEG and Clinical Neurophysiology 63:83‑85, 1986.

J.M. Fuster ‑ Role of association cortex in perception and memory.  In M. Sato (Ed.),  Neural Mechanism of Cognitive Function.  Bulletin of Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neurosciences (Supplement), pp. 49‑63, 1986.

J.M. Fuster - Single-Unit Studies of the Prefrontal Cortex.  In E. Perecman (Ed.),  The Frontal Lobes Revisited, IRBN Press, New York, pp. 109-120, 1987.

J.S. Erb, H.E. Gwirtsman, J.M. Fuster and S.H. Richeimer - Bulimia associated with frontal lobe lesions.  International Journal of Eating Disorders 8: 117-121, 1989.

J.M. Fuster - What do you want to know?  Brain Research Institute Bulletin 11:2-3, 1987  (Editorial)

J. Quintana, J. Yajeya and J.M. Fuster - Prefrontal representation of stimulus attributes during delay tasks.  I. Unit activity during cross-temporal integration of sensory and sensory-motor information.  Brain Research 474:211-221, 1988.

J. Yajeya, J. Quintana and J.M. Fuster - Prefrontal representation of stimulus attributes during delay tasks.  II. The role of behavioral significance.  Brain Research 474:222-230, 1988.

J.M. Fuster - Prefrontal Cortex - In L.N. Irwin (Ed.), Comparative Neuroscience and Neurobiology.  Birkhäuser, Boston, pp. 107-109, 1988.

K.W. Koch and J.M. Fuster - Unit activity in monkey parietal cortex related to haptic perception and temporary memory. Experimental Brain Research 76:292-306, 1989.

J. Quintana, J.M. Fuster and J. Yajeya - Effects of cooling parietal cortex on prefrontal units in delay tasks. Brain Research 503:100-110, 1989.

J.M. Fuster - Neuronal discrimination and short-term memory in association cortex - In A.B. Scheibel and A. Wechsler (Eds.), The Neurobiological Foundations of Cognitive Functions.  Guilford, New York, 1990, pp. 85-98.

B. DiMattia, K.A. Posley and J.M. Fuster - Crossmodal short-term memory of haptic and visual information.  Neuropsychologia 28:17-33, 1990.

J.M. Fuster - Prefrontal cortex and the bridging of temporal gaps in the perception-action cycle. In A. Diamond (Ed.), The Development and Neural Bases of Higher Cognitive Functions.  New York Academy of Sciences, New York, Vol. 608, pp. 318-329, 1990.

J.M. Fuster - Behavioral electrophysiology of the prefrontal cortex of the primate. Progress in Brain Research 85:313-324, 1990.

K.L. Coburn, J.W. Ashford and J.M. Fuster - Visual response latencies in temporal lobe structures as a function of stimulus information load. Behavioral Neuroscience 104:62-73, 1990.

J.M. Fuster - Inferotemporal units in selective visual attention and short-term memory. Journal of Neurophysiology 64:681-697, 1990.

J.M. Fuster - Visual representation and short-term memory in inferotemporal cortex. In E.Roy John (Ed.), The Machinery of the Mind, Birkhäuser, Boston, pp. 311-322, 1990.

J.M. Fuster - Cerebro y memoria. Atlántida 1:446-452, 1990.

J.M. Fuster - The prefrontal cortex and its relation to behavior. Progress in Brain Research 87:201-211, 1991.

J.M. Fuster - Role of prefrontal cortex in delay tasks:  evidence from reversible lesion and unit recording in the monkey.  In H.S. Levin, H.M. Eisenberg, and A.L. Benton (Eds.), Frontal Lobe Function and Dysfunction, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 59-71, 1991.

J.M. Fuster - Up and down the frontal hierarchies; whither Broca's area?  Open peer commentary to "Language, tools and brain", by P.E. Greenfield.  Behavioral and Brain Sciences 14:557, 1991.

J.M. Fuster - Prefrontal cortex and memory in primates.  In D. Eckroth (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Learning and Memory, Macmillan, New York, pp. 532-536, 1992.

J.M. Fuster - Prefrontal neurons and the cognitive foundation of motor action. In P. Chauvel, A.V. Delgado-Escueta, E. Halgren and J. Bancaud (Eds.), Frontal Lobe Seizures and Epilepsies.  Raven Press, New York, pp. 349-360, 1992.

A.E.P. Villa and J.M. Fuster - Temporal correlates of information processing during visual short-term memory.  NeuroReport 3:113-116, 1992.

J. Quintana and J.M. Fuster - Mnemonic and predictive functions of cortical neurons in a memory task.  NeuroReport 3:721-724, 1992.

J.M. Fuster - Brain systems have a way of reconciling "opposite" views of neural processing; the motor system is no exception.  Open peer commentary to "Do cortical and basal ganglia motor areas use 'motor programs' to control movement?", by G.E. Alexander et al.  Behavioral and Brain Sciences 15:741-743, 1992.

J.M. Fuster - Memory cells in primate cortex and the activation of memory networks.  In T. Ono, L. Squire, M.E. Raichle, D. Perrett and M. Fukuda (Eds.), Brain Mechanisms of Perception and Memory: From Neuron to Behavior, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 426-444, 1993.

J. Quintana and J.M. Fuster - Spatial and temporal factors in the role of prefrontal and parietal cortex in visuo-motor integration.  Cerebral Cortex 3:122-132, 1993.

D. Zipser, B. Kehoe, G. Littlewort and J. Fuster - A spiking model of short-term active memory.  Journal of Neuroscience 13: 3406-3420, 1993.

J.M. Fuster - Frontal lobes.  Current Opinion in Neurobiology 3: 160-165, 1993.

J.M. Fuster and C. Acuña - Funciones superiores del sistema nervioso.  En J.A.F. Tresguerres (Ed.), Fisiología Humana, Interamericana McGraw-Hill, Madrid, pp. 221-235, 1993.

A.E.P. Villa and J.M. Fuster - Cognitive correlates of complex temporal patterns of firing.  In O. Boussaid, M. Brissaud, G. Ritschard, J-P Royet (Eds.), Pluridisciplinarité dans les Sciences Cognitives Humaines, Hermès, Paris, pp. 166-179, 1993.

W.W. Shindy, K.A. Posley and J.M. Fuster - Reversible deficit in haptic delay tasks from cooling prefrontal cortex.  Cerebral Cortex 4:443-450, 1994.

B.E. Swartz, E. Halgren, F. Simpkins, J.M. Fuster, M. Mandelkern, T. Kristadumkorn, M. Gee, C. Brown, J.R. Ropchan and W.H. Blahd - An 18FDG-PET study of cortical activation during a short-term visual memory task in humans.  NeuroReport 5:925-928, 1994. 

 J.M. Fuster - La physiologie frontale et le cycle perception-action.  Revue de Neuropsychologie 4:289-304, 1994.

J.M. Fuster - Call it what it is: Motor memory.  Open peer commentary to "The representing brain: Neural correlates of motor intention and imagery" by M. Jeannerod.  Behavioral and Brain Sciences 17:208, 1994.

J.M. Fuster - In search of the engrammer.  Open peer commentary to "Hippocampus and Memory", by H. Eichenbaum et al., Behavioral and Brain Sciences 17: 476, 1994.

B.E. Swartz, E. Halgren, J.M. Fuster, F. Simpkins, M. Gee, and M. Mandelkern - Cortical metabolic activation in humans during a visual memory task.  Cerebral Cortex 3:205-214, 1995.

J.M. Fuster - Memory and planning: Two temporal perspectives of frontal lobe function.  In H.H. Jasper, S. Riggio and P.S. Goldman-Rakic (Eds.), Advances in Neurology 66: Epilepsy and the Functional Anatomy of the Frontal Lobe, Raven Press, New York, pp. 9-20, 1995.

J.M. Fuster - Frontal cortex and the cognitive support of behavior.  In J.L. McGaugh, F. Bermúdez-Rattoni and R.A. Prado-Alcalá (Eds.), Plasticity in the Central Nervous System: Learning and Memory, Lawrence Erlbaum, New Jersey, pp. 149-160, 1995.

J.M. Fuster - Memory in the cortex of the primate.  Biological Research 28:59-72, 1995.

J.M. Fuster - Temporal processing.  In J. Grafman, K.J. Holyoak and F. Boller (Eds.), Structure and Functions of the Human Prefrontal Cortex, N.Y. Academy of Sciences, New York, pp. 173-181, 1995.

J.M. Fuster - Not the module does memory make--but the network.  Open peer commentary to "The Hebbian paradigm reintegrated: Local reverberations as internal representations", by Daniel J. Amit, Behavioral and Brain Sciences 18: 631-633, 1995.

J.M. Fuster - Book review of Handbook of Memory Disorders, A. Baddeley, B.A. Wilson and F.N. Watts (eds.), John Wiley & Sons: New York (1995).  In: Am. J. Psychiatry 153:727-728, 1996.

J.M. Fuster - Gradients of cortical plasticity.  In J.L. McGaugh, N.M. Weinberger and G. Lynch (Eds.), Brain and Memory: Modulation and Medication of Neuroplasticity, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 250-256, 1996.

L.R. Baxter, Jr., S. Saxena, A.L. Brody, R.F. Ackermann, M. Colgan, J.M. Schwartz, Z. Allen-Martinez, J.M. Fuster and M.E. Phelps - Brain mediation of obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms: Evidence from functional brain imaging studies in the human and nonhuman primate.  Seminars Clin. Neuropsychiat., 1:32-47, 1996.

J.M. Fuster - Frontal lobe and the cognitive foundation of behavioral action.  In A.R. Damasio, H. Damasio and Y. Christen (Eds.), Neurobiology of Decision-Making, Springer, New York, pp. 47-61, 1996.

J.M. Fuster - Frontal lobe syndromes.  In B.S. Fogel, R.B. Schiffer and S.M. Rao (Eds.), Neuropsychiatry, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, pp. 407-413, 1996.

Y. Zhou and J.M. Fuster - Mnemonic neuronal activity in somatosensory cortex.  Proceedings Natl. Acad. Sciences, USA 93:10533-10537, 1996.

M. Bodner, J. Kroger and J.M. Fuster - Auditory memory cells in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.  NeuroReport 7:1905-1908, 1996.

M. Bodner, Y. Zhou and J.M. Fuster - Binary mapping of cortical spike trains in short-term memory.  Journal of Neurophysiology. 77:2219-2222, 1997.

J.M. Fuster - Network memory.  Trends in Neurosciences  20:451-459, 1997.

J.M. Fuster - Redes de Memoria.  Investigación y Ciencia No. 250, July 1997.

J.M. Fuster - The prefrontal cortex and the cognitive foundation of orderly action.  In G.W. Mazur (Ed.), Twenty Year Commemoration to the Life of A.R. Luria, Semeneko Foundation, New York, pp. 45-60, 1997.

M. Bodner, Y. Zhou, G.L. Shaw, and J.M. Fuster - Symmetric temporal patterns in cortical spike trains during performance of a short-term memory task.  Neurological Research 19:509-514, 1997.

Y-D. Zhou and J.M. Fuster - Neuronal activity of somatosensory cortex in a cross-modal (visuo-haptic) memory task.  Exp. Brain Res. 116:551-555, 1997.

M. Bodner, Y. Zhou, and J.M. Fuster - High-frequency transitions in cortical spike trains related to short-term memory.  Neuroscience. 86:1083-1087, 1998

J.W. Ashford, K.L. Coburn, and J.M. Fuster - Functional cognitive networks in primates.  In R.W. Parks and D.S. Levine (Eds.), Fundamentals of Neural Network Modeling for Neuropsychology, 1998.

J.M. Fuster - Distributed memory for both short and long term.  Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 70:268-274, 1998.

J.M. Fuster - Cellular dynamics of network memory.  Biosciences, 53:670-676, 1998.

J.M. Fuster - Linkage at the top.  Neuron, 21:1223-1229, 1998.

J. Quintana and J.M. Fuster - From perception to action:  Temporal integrative functions of prefrontal and parietal neurons.  Cerebral Cortex, 9:213-221, 1999.

J.M. Fuster - La localizzazione della memoria.  Le Scienze.  n. 1:38-43, 1999.

J.M. Fuster - Synopsis of function and dysfunction of the frontal lobe.  Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, (Supplement), 51-57, 1999.

J.M. Fuster - Prefrontal cortex.  G. Adelman and B.H. Smith (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, pp. 1690-1692, 1999.

J.M. Fuster - Hebb’s other postulate at work on words.  Behavioral and Brain Sciences 22:288-289, 1999.

 J.M. Fuster - Cortical dynamics of memory.  International Journal of Psychophysiology 35:155-164, 2000.

J.M. Fuster - Circuits of cognition.  European Neuropsychopharmacology (Supplement) 10:S1-S4, 2000.

J.M. Fuster - Memory networks in the prefrontal cortex . Progress in Brain Research. The Biological Basis for Mind Body Interactions. E.A. Mayer and C.B. Saper (Eds.), 122:309-316, 2000.

J.M, Fuster, M. Bodner and J.K. Kroger - Cross-modal and cross-temporal association in neurons of frontal cortex.  Nature, 405:347-351, 2000.

J.M. Fuster - The module: crisis of a paradigm  (book review, “The New Cognitive Neurosciences” 2nd edition, M.S. Gazzaniga, Editor-in-Chief, MIT Press, Neuron 26:51-53,2000.

J.M. Fuster - Prefrontal neurons in networks of executive memory.  Brain Research Bulletin, 52:331-336, 2000.

J.M. Fuster - The prefrontal cortex of the primate: A synopsis.  Psychobiology 28:125-131, 2000.

Y.D. Zhou and J.M. Fuster - Visuo-tactile cross-modal associations in cortical somatosensory cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 97:9777-9782, 2000.

J.M. Fuster - Executive frontal functions. Exp. Brain Research, 133:66-70, 2000.

A. Baddeley, O. Bueno, L. Cahill, I. Izquierdo, J.M. Fuster , (et al) - The brain decade in debate: I - Neurobiology of learning and memory.  Brazilian J. Med. Biol. Res., 33:993-1002, 2000.

J.M. Fuster - The prefrontal cortex-An update: Time is of the essence.  Neuron, 2:319-333, 2001.

J.M. Fuster - Prefrontal Cortex in Temporal Organization of Action.  In: The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks.  Second Edition. M.A. Arbib (Ed.), The MIT Press, 905-910, 2002.

J.M. Fuster - Cortical Memory.  In: The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks. Second Edition. M.A. Arbib (Ed.), The MIT Press, 290-294, 2002.

G. Sierra-Paredes, and J.M. Fuster - Reversible impairment of auditory-visual task from cooling prefrontal cortex.  In: Virtual Lesions. G. Lomber and R. Galuske (Eds.), Oxford University Press, pp. 239-245, 2002.

J.M. Fuster - Frontal lobe and cognitive development. Journal of Neurocytology, 31:373-385, 2002.

J.M. Fuster - Physiology of the executive functions: The perception-action cycle.  In: Principles of Frontal Lobe Function. D.T. Stuss and R.T. Knight (Ed), Oxford University Press, pp. 96-108, 2002.

J.M. Fuster - Prefrontal cortex and memory in primates. In: Learning & Memory. J.H. Byrne (Ed.) 2nd Edition, Macmillan, New York, pp. 535-538, 2003.

J.M. Fuster - Functional neuroanatomy of executive process. In: Oxford Handbook of Clinical Neuropsychology. P. Holligar (Ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 753-765, 2003.

J.M. Fuster - More than working memory rides on long-term memory.  Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 26:737, 2003.

J.M. Fuster - Upper processing stages of the perception―action cycle.  Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8:143-145, 2004.

Y-D. Zhou, & J.M.Fuster - Somatonsensory cell response to an auditory cue in a haptic memory task.  Behavioural Brain Research., 153:573-578, 2004.

J.M.Fuster - Prólogo.  In: F. Hayek El Orden Sensorial.  Unión Editorial, S.A., Madrid, pp 11-23, 2004.

J.M Fuster - Patricia Shoer Goldman-Rakic (1937-2003).  American Psychologist, 59:559-560, 2004.

J.M. Fuster  - The cortical substrate of general intelligence.  Cortex , 41:228-229, 2005.

Fuster, J., Guiou,M., Ardestani, A., Cannestra, A., Sheth, S., Zhou, YD., Toga, A. and Bodner, M.  Near-Infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in cognitive neuroscience of the primate brain.  NeuroImage, 26:215-220, 2005.

M. Bodner, M.Shafi, Y-D. Zhou, and J.M. Fuster -  Patterned firing of parietal cells in a haptic working memory task.  European Journal of Neuroscience, 21:2338-2546, 2005.

G. Deco, A. Ledberg, R.Almeida, and J.Fuster - Neural dynamics of cross-modeal and cross-temporal associations.  Experimental Brain Research, 166:325-336, 2005. 

J.M. Fuster - Prefrontal cortex. The International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences.  Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience.  R.F. Thompson and J.L. McCelland (Eds.), Elsevier.

M. Bodner, M. Shafi, Y-D. Zhou, and J.M. Fuster - Patterned firing of parietal cells in a haptic working memory task.  European Journal of Neuroscience, 21:2338-2546, 2005.

J.M.Fuster - The Cognit: A network model of cortical representation.  International Journal of Psychophysiology, 60:125-132, 2006.

J.M. Fuster - Stretch that net or your mind may fall into phrenology. Cortex, 42:1048-1052, 2006.

J.M. Fuster - Jackson and frontal executive hierarchy.  International Journal of Psychophysiology, 64:106-107, 2007.

Fuster, J.M. - Cortical Memory. Scholarpedia, p.11609, 2007.

M. Shafi, Y Zhou, J. Quintana, C.Chow, J.M. Fuster, and M.Bodner,  - Variability in neuronal activity in primate cortex working memory tasks.  Neuroscience, 146:1082-1108, 2007.

YD. Zhou, A. Ardestani, and J.M Fuster, - Distributed and associative working memory. Cerebral Cortex, 17:77-i87, 2007.

J.M. Fuster - Cajal y la neurociencia cognitiva cien años más tarde.  Quark, 39-40: 59-65, 2007.

J.M. Fuster  - Cortex and memory: emergence of a new paradigm. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 21:2047-2072, 2009.

S. Verduzco-Flores, M. Bodner, B. Ermentrout, J.M. Fuster, and Y. Zhou - Working memory cells' behavior may be explained by cross-regional networks with synaptic facilitation. PLoS One.  4:e6399, 2009.

J.M. Fuster - The reticular paradigm of cortical memory. Rev Neurol. 3:50 Suppl 3:S3-10. Spanish, 2010.

J.M. Fuster  - Functional neuroanatomy of executive process.  The Handbook of Clinical Neuropsychology.  Second Edition.  J.M Gurd, U. Kischka and J.C. Marshall (Eds.), Oxford University Press pp. 822-833, 2010.

J.M. Fuster – Hayek in today’s cognitive neuroscience.  Hayek in Mind: Hayek’s Philosophical Psychology. In: L. Marsh (Ed.) Bingley, UK. Emerald Group pp. 3-11, 2011.

J.M. Fuster and S.L. Bressler – Cognit activation: a mechanism enabling temporal integration in working memory.  Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 16:207-218, 2012.
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INVITED PRESENTATIONS

1957
National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, Maryland
"Brain Stem Control of Tachistoscopic Perception in Monkeys"

1958
Camarillo State Hospital, California
"Recent Investigations on Neurophysiology of Sensory Perception"

1963
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
"Central Mechanisms of Attention"

1964
University of Freiburg im Breisgau
"Neurobehavioral Aspects of Attention"

1966
Universidad de Chile , Santiago
International Seminar of IBRO-UNESCO
  1. "Registro Intracelular de Actividad Sináptica en el Sistema Visual"
  2. "Descarga Neuronal Rinencefálica en el Mono durante la Discriminación
       Visual de Recompensa y Evitación Instrumentales"

1967
University of California,
Conference on Learning and Memory
Mesa Redonda, Electrophysiology of Learning

1969
University of Paris (Sorbonne)
"Mécanismes Cérébraux de l'Attention"

1974
V International Congress of Primatology,
Nagoya, Japan
Symposium, Neurophysiology and Neuropsychology of the Primate Prefrontal Cortex
"Cryogenic and Microelectrode Studies of the Prefrontal Cortex"

1976
Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie,
Munich, Germany
"Cortical Function in Some Aspects of Primate Memory"

IV International Congress of Event Related Slow Potentials of the Brain,
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
"Cortical Unit Activity in Short-Term Memory"

1977
XXVII International Congress of Physiological Sciences,
Paris Symposium,
Association Systems and Sensorimotor Integration
"On the Role of Inferotemporal Cortex in Visual Function"

1981
Barrow Neurological Institute,
Phoenix, Arizona
"Inferotemporal Cells in Visual Short-Term Memory"

Asilomar Conference on Learning and Memory,
Monterey, California
"Cortical Neuron Activity in the Temporal Organization of Behavior"

1982
VI Congreso Europeo de Neurociencia,
Málaga Symposium,
Neurobiology of the Frontal Lobe
"Behavioral Neurophysiology of Primate Prefrontal Cortex"

Kern Medical Center,
Bakersfield, California
"Neurobiology of the Frontal Lobe"

Facultad de Medicina de San Carlos,
Madrid, Spain
Entrega de Premios Fundación Luis Manuel
"Mecanismos Cerebrales de la Percepción Visual en el Primate"

1983
VII Winter Course on Learning and Memory
University of Utah,
Park City, Utah
"Prefrontal Cortex in Short Term Memory"

Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Hospital de la Santa Crèu i Sant Pau
Curso para Postgraduados en Neuropsicología
"Funcions Neurofisiològiques de l’Escorça Frontal"

IBRO Symposium on Cortical Integration,
Toledo, Spain
"Functional Relationship between Inferotemporal and Prefrontal Cortex"

Universidad de Chile, Santiago
Curso Internacional, Neurobiología de la Conducta
  1. "Metodología del Estudio Neuropsicológico en el Primate"
  2. "Funciones de la Corteza Prefrontal en el Primate"

1985
New York University
Symposium, The Frontal Lobe Revisited
"Single Unit Studies of the Prefrontal Cortex"

Dahlem Konferenz,
Berlin, Germany
"Do Different Parts of the Brain Specialize in Different Types of Storage Mechanisms?"

1986
Tokyo Institute for Neurosciences, Japan
Symposium, Neural Mechanisms of Cognitive Function
"Role of Association Cortex in Perception and Memory"

1987
Hebrew University,
Jerusalem, Israel
Bat-Sheva Seminar on Selective Attention in Sensory Processing
"General Considerations on the Neural Substrate of Attention in the Primate"

140th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association,
Chicago, IL
Symposium, Role of Frontal Lobe in Neuropsychiatric Disorders
"The Prefrontal Cortex and the Cognitive Substrate of Behavior"

X Congreso Europeo de la Sociedad Neuropsicológica Internacional,
Barcelona, Spain
Inaugural Conference
"Function and Dysfunction of the Prefrontal Cortex"

NATO Colloquium Internacional, Frontal Lobe Seizures and Epilepsies,
Château d’Esclimont, France
"Prefrontal Neurons and the Cognitive Foundation of Motor Action"

1988
UCLA Conference on the Neurobiological Substrates of Higher Cognitive Function,
Lake Arrowhead, CA
"Neuronal Discrimination and Short-Term Memory in Association Cortex"

National Academy of Sciences Study Center,
Woods Hole, MA
Symposium (Office of Naval Research)
Haptics and Sensory-Guided Motor Control
"Cortical Representation of Haptic Information"

1989
Ames Research Center,
Moffet Field, CA
Symposium in honor of W.R. Mehler
Role of the Forebrain in Sensation and Behavior
"The Prefrontal Cortex and its Relation to Behavior"

Netherlands Institute for Brain Research
Summer Course, Prefrontal Cortex
"Behavioral Electrophysiology of the PFC of the Primate"

University of Texas,
Galveston, TX
Conference on The Frontal Lobe
"Role of Prefrontal Cortex in Delayed Response: Evidence from Lesion and Single Unit Recording Studies in the Monkey"

Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas,
La Habana, Cuba
Symposium Internacional, Maquinaria de la Mente
"Sensory Representation and Memory in Associative Cortex"

Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Curso para Postgraduados, Psicología del Aprendizaje y la Memoria
"Memoria y Corteza Prefrontal"

1990
University of Pennsylvania
Conference (NYAS), The Development and Neural Bases of Higher Cognitive Functions 
"Prefrontal Cortex and the Bridging of Temporal Gaps in the Perception-Action Cycle"

Braintree Hospital,
Braintree, MA
XI Conference on Traumatic Head Injury
"Executive Functions of the Frontal Lobe"

Fundación Ramón Areces,
Madrid, Spain
Symposium Internacional, 
Presente y Futuro de las Investigaciones del Cerebro
"The Prefrontal Agenda: From Representation to Action"

1991
University of California
The Annual Magoun Lecture
"Cortex and Memory"

Rothman Research Institute,
Toronto, Canada
International Conference, The Frontal Lobes:
Theoretical and Clinical Perspectives
"The Frontal Lobes in the Frontal Organization of Behavior"

Universidad Complutense,
Madrid, Spain
Curso Internacional de Verano, El Escorial
Cerebro y Memoria 
"Behavioral Dynamics of Cortical Memory Networks"

Rockefeller University, Neurosciences Institute,
New York, NY
Conference, Brain Mechanisms in Neuropsychology
"Neuropsychology and Electrophysiology of Memory in the Primate"

Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University,
Japan
Symposium Internacional, Brain Mechanisms of Perception and Memory:
From Neuron to Behavior
"Visual and Tactile Representation in Postcentral Association Cortex"

1992
II International Conference on Surgical Treatment of Epilepsies,
Palm Desert, California
"Delimiting Normal Cortex"

University of California, Los Angeles
Colloquium on Biobehavioral Sciences
"Frontal-Lobe Functions and Dysfunctions"

XVI Winter Course on Learning and Memory
University of Utah,
Park City, Utah
"Memory Cells"

XX Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society
San Diego, California
"Neurophysiology of Neocortical Memory in the Primate"

Yale University
"Structure and Dynamics of Cortical Memory"

National Institute of Mental Health,
Bethesda, Maryland
"Structure and Dynamics of Cortical Memory"

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Structure and Dynamics of Cortical Memory"

The Pavlov Society, Annual Meeting,
Los Angeles, CA
Symposium, Research on the Cerebral Cortex
"Neuronal Correlates of Active Short-Term Memory"

University of Southern California
Symposium, Neural Mechanisms of Looking, Reaching and Grasping
"Cortex and Haptic Memory"

University of California, Irvine
Winter Course on Learning and Memory
"Gradients of Cortical Plasticity"

1993
The Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD
"Cortical Dynamics of Memory in the Primate"

Université de Quebec à Montréal, Canada 
"Frontal Lobes and Cognition: Behavioral Neurophysiology"

Societé de Nèuropsychologie de Langue Française, Angers
Symposium, Neuropsychologie du Lobe Frontal
"Frontal Physiology of the Perception-Action Cycle"

Saint-Vincent, Valle d’Aosta, Italy
Symposium, Epilepsy and the Functional Anatomy of the Frontal Lobe
"Memory and Planning, Two Temporal Perspectives of Frontal-Lobe Function"

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méjico
"Memoria Cortical"

International Conference on Plasticity in the Central Nervous System,
Acapulco, Méjico

"Frontal Cortex and the Cognitive Support of Behavior"

1994
University of Cambridge
Symposium, Neurobiological Basis of Schizophrenia
"Prefrontal Cortex: Substrates for Normal and Schizophrenic Behavior"

University of Rochester, New York
Symposium, Learning and Memory in Sensory Systems
"Cortical Dynamics of Visual Memory"

Fundación Ramón Areces, Madrid
Curso Internacional para Postgraduados, Fundamentos
Neurobiológicos de las Funciones Superiores del Cerebro
"La Memoria de Primates: Aspectos Neurofisiológicos y Neuropsicológicos"

University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University
Colloquium, Neural Processes in Cognition
"Frontal Lobe and Cognition"

Universidad de Chile, Santiago
Curso Internacional para Postgraduados, Funciones Cerebrales Superiores
"Memoria en la Corteza del Primate"

IPSEN Foundation,
Paris, France
Colloquium, Neurobiologie de la Prise de Décision
"Frontal Lobe and the Cognitive Foundation of Behavioral Action"

University of Iowa
The Annual Ojemann Lecture
"A Current View of Frontal Lobe Functions"

1995
The New York Academy of Sciences
International Conference, Structure and Functions of the Human Prefrontal Cortex
"Temporal Processing"

Universidad Internacional Menéndez y Pelayo
Seminario, Sistemas Cerebrales y la Organización de la Mente
  1. "Corteza Posterior en Memoria Perceptiva"
  2. "Corteza Frontal en Memoria Motora"

XXXIV Annual Meeting, American
College of Neuropsycho-pharmacology
Puerto Rico
Workshop, Neuroanatomy and Neuropsychology of the Frontal Lobe in Schizophrenia: Lessons from Leukotomy


IV IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, Kyoto, Japan
Review Lecturer
"Prefrontal Cortex and the Dynamics of Memory"

1996
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Curso de Doctorado, Corteza Cerebral Asociativa. Fundamentos
Neurobiológicos de las Funciones Superiores del Cerebro

McDonnell Foundation, Dartmouth College and Medical School
Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience
"Emerging Solutions to the Problem of the Frontal Lobe"

Université de Quebec at Montreal, Canada
TENNET Conference
"Frontal Cortical Memory"

Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
International Course, Functions of the Cerebral Cortex
"The Prefrontal Cortex, its Functional Roles, and the Underlying

Royal Technological Institute, Stockholm
"Memory in the Cerebral Cortex"

1997
XXI Winter Course on Learning and Memory
University of Utah, Park City, Utah
"Representation in Primate Cortex"

University of California, Irvine
Workshop on Functional Organization of Human Cortex
"How did we get here"

Fundación Central Hispano, Madrid
"La Memoria"

Janssen Research Foundation, Copenhagen
"Synopsis of Frontal-Lobe Functions"

ICNN-IEEE Annual Convention,
Houston, TX
"Structure and Dynamics of Network Memory"

University of Bern, Switzerland
"Memory in the Cerebral Cortex"

European Brain and Behavior Society,
Tutzing, Germany
The Elsevier Lecture
"Distributed Cortical Memory"

Hôspital de la Salpêtrière, Paris
Symposium. Neuropsychologie des Lobes Frontaux
Opening lecture and concluding remarks.

University of California , Irvine 
6th Conference on the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
"Neuronal Activity in Short- and Long-Term Memory

1998
Center for Interdisciplinary Research,
Bielefeld, Germany
Symposium "Natural Organisms, Artificial Organisms and Their Brains"
"Emergent Properties of Natural and Artificial Systems"

Royal Nederlands Academy of Science,
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Symposium "Human Cortex, from Gene Structure to Function"
"Prefrontal Neurons of Executive Memory"

Symposium Neuropsicologia & Neuropsiquiatria
Barcelona, Spain
"Funcions del lòbul frontal"

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 
Curso de Doctorado, Corteza Cerebral Asociativa
"Dinámica Cortical de la Memoria"

University of California, San Diego - Salk Institute,
San Diego, CA
"Cortical Memory"

International Organization of Psychophysiology
9th World Congress of Psychophysiology
"Cortical Dynamics of Memory"

Hanse Wissenchaftskollegium (Hanse Institute),
Bremen, Germany
Executive control and frontal lobe: Current Issues
"Temporal Aspects of Frontal Executive Control"

1999
Fundació Caixa Catalunya,
Barcelona, Spain
The Limits of the World
"Limits of Knowledge: Biology"

Third International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems,
Boston, MA
"Prefrontal Cortex in Temporal Aspects of Cognition"

Symposium at the XI World Congress of Psychiatry
Hamburg, Germany
"The Cortical Closure of the Perception-Action Cycle"

2000
1st. European College of Neuropsychopharmacology,
Niece, France
"Circuits of Cognition"

The Rotman Research Institute,
Toronto, Canada
10th Annual Conference on The Frontal Lobes
"Physiology of executive functions"

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
"Dinámica cortical de la memoria"

University of Pittsburgh 
Department of Neuroscience
"Cortical Memory Networks"

Universidad Internacional de Cataluña
"Redes Corticales de Memoria"

University of Paris (Salpêtrière Hospital)
Acceptance Speech, Signoret Prize
"Liberté et l'Exécutif du Cerveau"

University of Milano
Mariani Symposium on Frontal Seizures and Epilepsies in Children
"Functional Anatomy of the Frontal Lobe"

New York Academy of Sciences
"Cortical memory"

2001
Foundation Fyssen,
Paris, France
Acceptance Speech, Fyssen International Prize 2000
"Le Lobe Frontal et la Structure Temporalle de L'Action"

Sociedad Española de Neurociencia
Plenary Lecture
"Redes Corticales de la Memoria"

2002
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Curso Básico de Neurociencia
Neurobiología de Sistemas
"Redes de Memoria"

University of Pennsylvania 
The Elliott Lecture
"Memory Networks in the Cerebral Cortex"

Spanish Institute,
New York, NY
"Brain and Memory"

2003
University of Texas,
Houston Medical School
Distiguished Annual Lecturer (selected by students)
"Executive Memory"

International Congress on Schizophrenia Research
Colorado Springs, CO
"Cognitive Functions of the Frontal Cortex"

CNLM 19th Annual Spring Meeting
Irvine, CA
"Dynamics of Working Memory"

European Brain and Behaviour Society
35th Annual General Meeting
Barcelona, Spain
"The Prefrontal Cortex and the Temporal Organization of Action"

2004
71st Stated Meeting of the Neurosciences Research Program
San Diego, CA
"Neurophysiology of prefrontal cortex, and its role in temporal organization of behavior"

Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting
San Francisco, CA
"Patricia Goldman-Rackic’s Influence on Cognitive Neuroscience"

International Multisensory Research Forum
Barcelona (Sitges), Spain
"Cross-Modal and Temporal Integration in Primate Cortex"

Universidad de Navarra
Pamplona, Spain
"Redes Corticales de Memoria"

2005
Fuller Seminary, Travis Research Institute
Pasadena, CA
"Where Do We Store Our Memories"

University of California, Davis,
Center for Neuroscience 
"A Network Model of Cortical Memory”"

The Neurosciences Institute
Library Roundtable
San Diego, CA
"Where Do We Store Our Memories"

Brain Dynamics and Cognition Conference
Izmir, Turkey
"A Network Model of Cortical Memory"

22nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Brain Electromagnetic Topography
Aomori, Japan
"Cortical Memory"

Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry
Tokyo, Japan
"Prefrontal Cortex and Temporal Organization"

L'Institute Universitaire de France
Caen, France
"Cortical Memory"

2006
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
"Cortical Dynamics of Working Memory"

Fudan University
Shanghai, China
"Cortical Dynamics of Working Memory"

IBM Almaden Research Center
San Jose, CA
"Cortical Dynamics of Working Memory"

Forum, European Neuroscience Society
Vienna, Austria
"Executive Memory"

Universidad Francisco Marroquín
Guatemala, Guatemala
"El Orden Sensorial"

International Congress of Psychophysiology
Istambul, Turkey
"The Sensory Order"

University of California, Los Angeles
Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium
"Cortical Dynamics of Working Memory"

Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA
"Cortical Dynamics of Working Memory"

Institut de Cultura de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
"Cajal i la Neurociècia Cognitiva Cent Anys Desprès"

2007
University of California, Berkeley
Brain Network Dynamics
"Distributed Memory and the Perception-Action Cycle"

The Neurosciences Institute
"An Image of the Perception Action Cycle"
La Jolla, CA

Yale University School of Medicine
"Electrophysiology and Imaging of the Perception-Action Cycle"
New Haven, CT

George Miller Prize Presentation in Cognitive Neuroscience
"Memory Networks"
Award Winner
New York, NY

The Scripps Research Institute
"Distributed Memory and the Perception-Action Cycle"
La Jolla, CA

Univestitat Pompèu Fabra
Sixth International Workshop on Brain Connectivity
"Cortical Networks and the Perception-Action Cycle"
Barcelona, Spain

9th Nordic Meeting in Neuropsychology
"On Speaking Terms with the Brain"
Göteborg, Sweden

International Neuropsychological Society
"Working Memory and the Perception-Action Cycle"
Bilbao, Spain

2008
West Coast College of Biological Psychiatry
"Executive Function and Dysfunction in Psychiatric Disorders"
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angles, CA

Universidad de Oviedo
"Un Nuevo Paradigma de Memoria en la Corteza"
Oviedo, Spain

Aquitaine Conference in Neuroscience
Bordeaux Neuroscience Institute
"The Network Paradigm of Cortical Memory"
Arcachon, France

5º Congreso Nacional de Neuropsicología
"Funciones Cognitivas del Lóbulo Frontal"
Cuidad de México, México

2009
Neurosciences Research Program
“Principles of a Network Model of Cortical Memory”
San Diego, California

Coloquio de Redes de Memoria y su Destrucción
en la Enfermedad de Alzheimer
Fundación Caja Duero
Salamanca, Spain

Norman Geschwind Memorial Lecture
“Cognitive Functions of the Prefrontal Cortex”
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Masachussetts

LOC Symposium
Organization for Human Brain Mapping
“Cortical Mechanisms of Cognitive Functions”
San Francisco, California

XXIV Congreso Sociedad Anatómica  Española
“Estructura y Dinámica de la Memoria en la Corteza Cerebral”
Bilbao, Spain

Symposium on Learning and Memory
Instituto de Neurobiología Universidad Autónoma de México
“Cortical Mechanisms of Memory”
Querétaro, Qro. México

The Center for Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM)
“Time, Memory and the Brain”
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California

Geschwind Memorial Lecture
“Cognitive Functions of the Prefrontal Cortex”
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

2010
Institut D’Investigacions Biomédiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS)
“Cortex and Memory: Emergence of a New Paradigm”
Barcelona, Spain

XII Curso Internacional de Actualización en Neuropediatría y
Neuropsicología Infantil
“Funciones Cognitivas de la Corteza Prefrontal”
Valencia, Spain

20th Annual Rotman Research Institute Conference
Frontal Lobes Conference
“Cognitive Functions of the Prefrontal Cortex”
Toronto, Canada

Woolsey Lecture
University of Wisconsin
“Cortex and Memory:  A Paradigm Shift”
Madison, Wisconsin

The Segerfalk Lecture
Lund University
“Memory of the Future: the Prefrontal Cortex in Health and Disease”
Lund, Sweden

La Rehabilitacíon del Futuro
Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo
“Plasticidad en el Paradigma Reticular de la Cognición”
Santander, España

SABE 2010
San Diego State University
“The Foresight of Hayek’s Sensory Order”
San Diego, California

2011
Symposium Programming the Human Brain
University of California, Berkeley
“The organization of cortical memory”
Berkeley, California

11th International Conference on
Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON XI)
“The Frontal Lobe in Cognition: we need a new Paradigm”
Mallorca, Spain

2012
XVII International Symposium Advances in Psychiatry
“Basic Neurocognition and Psichotic Disorders”
Madrid, Spain

Inaugural Symposium of the Integrative Center of Learning and Memory
Chair
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Neuroscience and Higher Brain Function: State of the Art
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Neurosciences Research Program
“The Prefrontal Cortex: Executive, Controller, or Enabler of the Perception/Action Cycle?
VIII Congresso Brasileiro de Cérebro Comportamento e Emoções
“Brain fingerprints”: How dynamic interaction of neural networks produce
Memory, knowledge and …the self?”
“Emotion, intelligence and social bonds” How evolution crafts the way we live”
São Paulo, Brazil

         Neuroscience Founders Series Day Lecture
         “Cognitive Frontal Functions: The Perception/Action Cycle”
         University of California, San Diego

         INECO Institute of Neurosciences at Favaloro University
        “The Frontal Lobes”
         Buenos Aires, Argentin

        19th-20th C. Austrian Thought and Its Legacy
        “Austrian Philosophy and Economics”
         University of Texas at Arlington
         Arlington, Texas
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