Adam Gazzaley
Neuroscientist and author
Adam Gazzaley is a neuroscientist and professor at the University of California, San Francisco, and co-author of The Distracted Mind.
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American Born 1968 in Brooklyn, United States
About Adam Gazzaley
Adam Gazzaley is an American neuroscientist, author, photographer, entrepreneur and inventor. He is a professor of neurology, physiology and psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and founded the research center Neuroscape. His lab studies neuroplasticity and builds technologies, such as custom video games and brain-computer interfaces, aimed at improving cognitive abilities. He co-founded Akili Interactive and JAZZ Venture Partners, and is credited as the inventor of the first video game approved as a medical treatment by the Food and Drug Administration. Gazzaley co-wrote The Distracted Mind with Dr. Larry Rosen, and he also wrote and hosted a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television special of the same name. He received the Society for Neuroscience Science Educator Award in 2015.