Anjan Chatterjee (neuroscientist)

Anjan Chatterjee
image shows Anjan Chatterjee at the shore. He took this picture of himself
BornOctober 22, 1958 (1958-10-22) (age 65)
Bhopal, India
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHaverford College, The University of Pennsylvania
AwardsThe Norman Geschwind Prize in Behavioral Neurology (2002)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsCognitive neuroscience, Cognitive neurology, neuroesthetics, neuroethics
InstitutionsThe University of Pennsylvania
WebsitePenn Center for Neuroaesthetics (PCfN), ChatLab

Anjan Chatterjee (born October 22, 1958) is a professor of neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He is director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics (PCfN)[2] and a member of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience.[3] His research focuses on spatial cognition and its relationship to language. He also conducts neuroaesthetics research and writes about the ethical use of neuroscience findings in society.

He is the past president of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics[4] and the past chair of the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology.[5]

Background[edit]

Chatterjee obtained his BA in philosophy from Haverford College in 1980[6] and his MD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985.[7] After his internship at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, he trained in neurology at The University of Chicago. He then completed two research fellowships, one at Case Western Reserve University with Peter Whitehouse] and a second at The University of Florida with Kenneth Heilman.[8] He was a member of the neurology faculty at The University of Alabama at Birmingham before returning to the University of Pennsylvania.[9] He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology[9] and a founding board member of the International Neuroethics Society.[10] He is also a board member for Haverford College,[6] the Associated Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired],[11] and Universal Promise (a non-profit educational organization).

He is on the editorial boards of: The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Behavioural Neurology, European Neurology, Neuropsychology, Empirical Studies of the Arts, and the American Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience.[4]

Research interests[edit]

Spatial cognition, event representation and language[edit]

Chatterjee combines functional neuroimaging and studies with patients with neurological disease to probe cognitive systems. He has investigated the neural representations of actions,[12] spatial,[13] and causal relations.[14] He is also interested in the relationship of perception and conception and language.[15] Based on his research, he has been skeptical of strong views of embodied cognition.[16]

Neuroaesthetics[edit]

Chatterjee has examined the paradoxical facilitation of artistic production. Some individuals' art changes and even improves after brain damage and tries to understand what such phenomena tell us about the nature of artistic practices.[17] More generally, he has been instrumental in articulating the promise and limitations of neuroaesthetics.[18]

Neuroethics[edit]

In 2004, Chatterjee coined the term “cosmetic neurology” to describe how advances in clinical neurosciences might be used to enhance the abilities of healthy people and the ethical issues that follow from this practice.[19] He has argued that some form of enhancement is here to stay and that we should be mindful of the shape that these practices take.[20] He has also written about the problems that arise when commercial and health care interests collide.[21]

Selected publications[edit]

  • A. Chatterjee & M. J. Farah (eds.). (2013). Neuroethics in Practice. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Past Award Winners". American Academy of Neurology. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
  2. ^ "PCfN Community (Anjan Chatterjee)". Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics. Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on June 9, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  3. ^ "CCN People: Faculty and Research". ccn.upenn.edu. Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "About ChatLab". ccn.upenn.edu. Archived from the original on September 13, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  5. ^ "Leadership SBCN". the-sbcn.org. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Haverford College Board of Managers". Haverford College. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
  7. ^ "Anjan Chatterjee-Faculty". University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
  8. ^ "Faculty". med.upenn.edu. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Anjan Chatterjee". moustachio.cs.northern.edu. Archived from the original on March 27, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  10. ^ "History". International Neuroethics Society. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
  11. ^ "People on the Move". Philadelphia Business Journal. Archived from the original on March 27, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  12. ^ Kable, JW; Chatterjee, A (September 2006). "Specificity of action representations in the lateral occipitotemporal cortex". Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 18 (9): 1498–1517. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.503.4229. doi:10.1162/jocn.2006.18.9.1498. PMID 16989551. S2CID 10572792.
  13. ^ Amorapanth, P; Kranjec, A; Bromberger, B; Lehet, M; Widick, P; Woods, AJ; Kimberg, DY; Chatterjee, A (March 2012). "Language, perception, and the schematic representation of spatial relations". Brain and Language. 120 (3): 226–236. doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2011.09.007. PMC 3299879. PMID 22070948.
  14. ^ Straube, B.; Chatterjee, A. (January 1, 2010). "Space and time in perceptual causality". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 4 (28): 28. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2010.00028. PMC 2868299. PMID 20463866.
  15. ^ Chatterjee, A (August 2008). "The neural organization of spatial thought and language". Seminars in Speech and Language. 29 (3): 226–238. doi:10.1055/s-0028-1082886. PMID 18720319.
  16. ^ Chatterjee, Anjan (January 1, 2010). "Disembodying cognition". Language and Cognition. 2 (1): 79–116. doi:10.1515/LANGCOG.2010.004. PMC 2927131. PMID 20802833.
  17. ^ Chatterjee, A (2006). "The neuropsychology of visual art: conferring capacity". The Neurobiology of Painting. International Review of Neurobiology. Vol. 74. pp. 39–49. doi:10.1016/S0074-7742(06)74003-X. ISBN 9780123668752. PMID 16730504.
  18. ^ Chatterjee, A (January 2011). "Neuroaesthetics: a coming of age story". Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 23 (1): 53–62. doi:10.1162/jocn.2010.21457. PMID 20175677. S2CID 16834885.
  19. ^ Chatterjee, A. (September 27, 2004). "Cosmetic neurology: The controversy over enhancing movement, mentation, and mood". Neurology. 63 (6): 968–974. doi:10.1212/01.WNL.0000138438.88589.7C. PMID 15452285. S2CID 5673523.
  20. ^ Chatterjee, A (Spring 2007). "Cosmetic neurology and cosmetic surgery: parallels, predictions, and challenges". Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 16 (2): 129–137. doi:10.1017/s0963180107070156. PMID 17539465. S2CID 1927578.
  21. ^ Chancellor, Bree; Chatterjee, Anjan (October 1, 2011). "Brain Branding: When Neuroscience and Commerce Collide". AJOB Neuroscience. 2 (4): 18–27. doi:10.1080/21507740.2011.611123. S2CID 17157310.

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