Dr.
Nancy C. Andreasen
University of Iowa
Neuroscientist; Psychiatrist; Educator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Neurosciences
Elected
2002
Andreasen has made paradigm-shifting discoveries about the neural mechanisms of schizophrenia, demonstrating that it is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting distributed brain circuitry. She has also conducted integrative studies of mind and brain, joining objective symptom and behavioral measures with neuroimaging technology to study mental disorders and processes such as memory and creativity.
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