John Krakauer

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John W. Krakauer

John W. Krakauer
Citizenship American
Fields Neurologist and Neuroscientist
Institutions Johns Hopkins University
Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Academic advisors Claude Ghez, Eric Kandel
Known for Motor control and Motor learning in Stroke and Stroke recovery

John Krakauer is a neurologist, neuroscientist and academic. He is currently a Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, the Director of the Center for the Study of Motor Learning and Brain Repair, the Director of Brain, Learning, Animation, and Movement Lab (BLAM),[1] at Johns Hopkins University, and the co-founder of the KATA project.[2] His areas of interest range from motor learning and motor control and stroke to bioethics. From 2003 until 2010 he was the codirector of the Motor Performance Laboratory at the Neurological Institute of Columbia University.[3] He received his bachelor's degree at Trinity College of Cambridge University, but his advanced education and extended work have been in the United States, primarily associated with Columbia.

Selected publications

References

  1. "BLAM Lab at Johns Hopkins". Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  2. "John Krakauer Johns Hopkins profile". Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  3. "Motor Performance Lab at Columbia University". Retrieved 18 August 2011.

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