Michael i. posner psychologist

Michael Posner has said that a better understanding of the human mind requires two things—the measurement of mental events and the mapping of those events to brain networks.

During his career, Posner worked on both problems. The methods he established for measuring brain networks have been revolutionary, and have now been applied to the exploration of a wide range of neurological, psychiatric, and developmental disorders, as well as to the understanding of typical development.

Michael i. posner psychologist

He and his collaborators helped reveal that the brain is composed of distinct areas that work together to execute different attentional tasks, such as achieving an alert state, focusing on a stimulus, and moderating conflicts during simultaneous demands for attention.

Posner traced the origins of our attentional neural networks back to infancy and wrestled with how cognitive function is determined by the interactions of genetics and environment. His research also has applied value for