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David Eagleman (born April 25, 1971) is a neuroscientist and writer at Baylor College of Medicine, where he directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action and the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law. He is best known for his work on brain plasticity,〔(David Eagleman TED talk ), March 18, 2015.〕 time perception,〔(The Possibilian: David Eagleman and the Mysteries of the Brain ), ''The New Yorker'', April 25, 2011.〕 synesthesia,〔Cytowic RE and Eagleman DM (2009). ''Wednesday is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia.'' Cambridge: MIT Press.〕 and neurolaw.〔(The Brain on Trial ), David Eagleman, ''The Atlantic'', July 2011〕 He is a Guggenheim Fellow, a council member in the World Economic Forum, and a New York Times bestselling author published in 28 languages.〔(Inside the List ), ''New York Times'', June 10, 2011〕〔Alexander McCall Smith, (Eternal Whimsy: Review of David Eagleman's ''Sum'' ), New York Times Book Review, June 12, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-06-14.〕〔Geoff Dyer, (Do you really want to come back as a horse?: Geoff Dyer is bowled over by a neuroscientist's exploration of the beyond ), The Observer, June 7, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-06-12.〕〔(David Eagleman's ''Sum'' ) (book review), Los Angeles Times, February 1, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-02-08.〕〔(International editions of SUM ). Retrieved on 2015-03-19.〕 He is the writer and presenter of the six-hour television series, ''The Brain with David Eagleman'' on PBS.〔(PBS: The Brain with David Eagleman )〕 ==Biography== David Eagleman was born in New Mexico to a physician father and biology teacher mother.〔 An early experience of falling from a roof raised his interest in understanding the neural basis of time perception.〔(Radiolab: Falling ), September 2010.〕〔Ripley, Amanda (2008). The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes – and Why. Crown Books. pp 65-67.〕 He attended the Albuquerque Academy for high school. As an undergraduate at Rice University, he majored in British and American literature. He spent his junior year abroad at Oxford University and graduated from Rice in 1993.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Association of Rice Alumni )〕 He earned his Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine in 1998, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the Salk Institute.〔 Eagleman directs a neuroscience research laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine. He sits on boards of several arts organizations and is the youngest member of the Board of Directors of the Long Now Foundation. Eagleman is a Guggenheim Fellow,〔(Guggenheim Fellowship Awards 2011 )〕 a Next Generation Texas Fellow,〔The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law (Next Generation Project Texas Fellows ), retrieved on September 5, 2011〕 a Fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies,〔()〕 and a council member on the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Neuroscience & Behavior. He was voted one of Houston's Most Stylish men,〔(Houston Magazine's Men of Style 2011 )〕 and Italy's ''Style'' fashion magazine named Eagleman one of the "Brainiest, Brightest Idea Guys" and featured him on the cover.〔(David Eagleman ), ''Style'' magazine, December 2011, Issue 12, pp 75-80.〕 He was awarded the Science Educator Award by the Society for Neuroscience.〔(Science Educator Award ), Society for Neuroscience, October 2012.〕 He has spun off several companies from his research, including BrainCheck,〔(BrainCheck )〕 which develops portable cognitive testing and concussion detection, and NeoSensory,〔(Neosensory, Inc )〕 which uses sound-to-touch sensory substitution to feed data streams into the brain, as described in his 2015 TED talk.〔 Eagleman has been profiled in popular-press magazines such as the ''New Yorker'',〔 ''Texas Monthly'',〔(Is David Eagleman Neuroscience’s Carl Sagan? )〕 and ''Texas Observer'',〔(The Soul Seeker: A neuroscientist's search for the human essence ), ''Texas Observer'', May 28, 2010.〕 on pop-culture television programs such as The Colbert Report〔(Colbert Report: David Eagleman ), Aired July 21, 2011.〕 and on the scientific program Nova Science Now.〔(Profile: David Eagleman ), Nova Science Now, Aired February 2, 2011.〕 Stewart Brand wrote that "David Eagleman may be the best combination of scientist and fiction-writer alive".〔(Introduction to Eagleman lecture at the Long Now Foundation ), April 1, 2010.〕 Eagleman was the scientific advisor for the TNT television drama, Perception.〔http://eagleman.com/blog/item/52-tnts-perception〕 As opposed to committing to strict atheism or to a particular religious position, Eagleman refers to himself as a possibilian,〔(Beyond god and atheism: Why I am a possibilian ), David Eagleman, ''New Scientist'', September 27, 2010.〕〔(Stray questions for David Eagleman ), ''New York Times'' Paper Cuts, July 10, 2009.〕 which distinguishes itself from atheism and agnosticism by entertaining all possibilities. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Eagleman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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