JKaas

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Jon Kaas is Centennial Professor of Psychology at Vanderbilt University. He is a Kennedy Center Investigator and a member of the Center for Molecular Neuroscience and the Vision Research Center. He is a member of the International Neuropsychology Symposium and a Fellow at the AAAS. He has received a Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award, a Cajal Club Cortical Discoverer Award, an Earl Sutherland Prize for Achievement in Research, and an American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2000 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001. Major research interests include comparative studies of forebrain organization, especially in primates, brain evolution, and the plasticity of developing and mature sensory and motor systems in primates.

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http://www.vanderbilt.edu/psychological_sciences/kaas

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