J Anthony Movshon.

J. Anthony Movshon

Professor of neural science and psychology
New York University

J. Anthony Movshon is professor of neural science and psychology at New York University. He studies vision and visual perception, using a multidisciplinary approach that combines biology, behavior and theory. His work explores the way the neural networks in the brain compute and represent the form and motion of objects and scenes; the way these networks contribute to perceptual judgments and to the control of visually guided action; and the way normal and abnormal visual experience influence their development in early life.

Movshon earned his B.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge.

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