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Joseph LeDoux is a Professor of Neural Science at New York University, where he also directs the Emotional Brain Institute. His work is focused on the brain mechanisms of emotion, memory, and consciousness. LeDoux has received awards for his research (Karl Spencer Lashley Award from the American Philosophical Society; Fyssen International Prize in Cognitive Science; Jean Louis Signoret Prize from the IPSEN Foundation; Santiago Grisolia Prize; American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award; American Psychological Association Donald O. Hebb Award; Jean-Marie Delwart Foundation 2016 International Prize for Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Mood). LeDoux is anelected member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is the author of several books, including The Emotional Brain, Synaptic Self, Anxious, The Deep History of Ourselves, and The Four Realms of Existence. He is also the subject of a documentary--Neuroscience and Emotions: The Life, Work and Music of Dr. Joseph LeDoux—available on Amazon. LeDoux is also the lead singer and songwriter in the rock band, The Amygdaloids, and a musical, Map of Your Mind, based on his songs was recently staged as reading at the Marsh Theatre in San Francisco.
