Dora E. Angelaki

Made fundamental discoveries about the way that the brain determines where we are and how we are moving in the world. In particular, contributions increased understanding of vestibular function and its role in eye movement control. Concentrated on the brain mechanisms that combine visual and vestibular signals. With colleagues, demonstrated that this combination takes place in an area of cortex, MSTd, which was formerly thought to be purely visual. In an elegant series of neurophysiological, behavioral, and theoretical studies, discovered the mechanism of this multisensory combination, and defined both the computational and statistical principles that underlie it and its contributions to behavior. These advances were achieved in a series of fearless leaps that bridged two entirely separate traditions of systems neuroscience and resulted in a new understanding that could not have been achieved otherwise. Recipient, Halpike-Nylen medal, Barany Society.