Michael T. Ullman
{{short description|American neuroscientist (born 1962)}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Michael Thomas Ullman
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|7|29}}
| birth_place = San Francisco, California, USA
| nationality = American
| field = Neuroscience
| work_institutions = Georgetown University
| alma_mater = Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Harvard University
| known_for = Declarative/Procedural Model of language
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Michael T. Ullman (born July 29, 1962, San Francisco, California) is an American neuroscientist whose main field of research is the relationship between language, memory and the brain. He is best known for his Declarative/Procedural model of language.Ullman, M.T. (2004) Contributions of memory circuits to language: the declarative/procedural model. Cognition. 92. pp. 231–270. {{cite web |url=http://brainlang.georgetown.edu/PUBS/Ullman_Cognition_04.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-04-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719200756/http://brainlang.georgetown.edu/PUBS/Ullman_Cognition_04.pdf |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}Ullman, M. T., Corkin, S., Coppola, M., Hickok, G., Growdon, J. H., Koroshetz, W. J. Pinker, S. (1997). The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Vol 9, 266–276 [http://jocn.mitpress.org/cgi/content/abstract/9/2/266] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20081120102106/http://jocn.mitpress.org/cgi/content/abstract/9/2/266|date=November 20, 2008}}Ullman, M. T. (2001). A neurocognitive perspective on language: The declarative/procedural model. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2, 717–726. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11584309&dopt=Citation]
Early life and career
Ullman was born in San Francisco, California. He is an alumnus of the French American International School and Lowell High School (1976–1980), both in San Francisco. He received his BA in computer science from Harvard University in 1988 and his PhD from the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993. Ullman is currently a full professor at Georgetown University.Michael T. Ullman's homepage at the Brain and Language Lab, Georgetown University {{cite web |url=http://brainlang.georgetown.edu/director.htm |title=Lab Director - Brain and Language Lab |access-date=2007-10-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017032215/http://brainlang.georgetown.edu/director.htm |archive-date=October 17, 2007 |df=mdy-all }} His primary appointment is in the Department of Neuroscience (Georgetown University Medical Center),{{cite web |url=http://neuro.georgetown.edu/home.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902082217/http://neuro.georgetown.edu/home.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 2, 2006 |title=Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center |publisher=Neuro.georgetown.edu |access-date=December 31, 2011 }} with secondary appointments in the Departments of Linguistics,{{cite web|author=Department of Linguistics |url=http://linguistics.georgetown.edu/ |title=Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University |publisher=Linguistics.georgetown.edu |access-date=December 31, 2011}} Neurology{{cite web |url=http://gumc.georgetown.edu/departments/neurology/ |title=Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center |publisher=Gumc.georgetown.edu |date=September 14, 2010 |access-date=December 31, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207200922/http://gumc.georgetown.edu/departments/neurology/ |archive-date=February 7, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} and Psychology.[http://www3.georgetown.edu/departments/psychology/ Department of Psychology, Georgetown University] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010042837/http://www3.georgetown.edu/departments/psychology/ |date=October 10, 2007 }} He is the founding director of the Brain and Language Lab,{{cite web|url=http://brainlang.georgetown.edu |title=Brain and Language Lab, Georgetown University |publisher=Brainlang.georgetown.edu |access-date=December 31, 2011}} founding co-director of the Center for the Brain Basis of Cognition,{{cite web |url=http://cbbc.georgetown.edu |title=Center for the Brain Basis of Cognition, Georgetown University |publisher=Cbbc.georgetown.edu |access-date=December 31, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211081949/http://cbbc.georgetown.edu/ |archive-date=December 11, 2011 |df=mdy-all }} and founding director of the Georgetown Cognitive Neuroscience EEG/ERP Center.[http://www.giccs.georgetown.edu/labs/ullman/erplab.htm Georgetown Cognitive Neuroscience EEG/ERP Center] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20040520023449/http://www.giccs.georgetown.edu/labs/ullman/erplab.htm |date=May 20, 2004 }}{{cite web |url=http://brainlang.georgetown.edu/People/M_T_Ullman_CV.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902093351/http://brainlang.georgetown.edu/People/M_T_Ullman_CV.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 2, 2006 |title=Curriculum Vitae – Michael T. Ullman (Retrieved: 2007-10-09) |access-date=December 31, 2011 }} He was a Presidential Columnist for American Psychological Society Observer in 2005.Ullman, M., T. (2005). More Is Sometimes More: Redundant mechanisms in the mind and brain. APS Observeer, Volume 18, Number 12. [http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=1891] He currently lives in Washington D.C., with his daughter Clementina Ullman.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070712095010/http://neuro.georgetown.edu/faculty/ullman.htm Homepage at Georgetown University]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071018024436/http://brainlang.georgetown.edu/index.htm Brain and Language Lab at Georgetown University]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111211081949/http://cbbc.georgetown.edu/ Center for the Brain Basis of Cognition at Georgetown University]
- [https://archive.today/20040520023449/http://www.giccs.georgetown.edu/labs/ullman/erplab.htm Georgetown Cognitive Neuroscience EEG/ERP Center]
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