The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Vernon B. Mountcastle
Title:
Director, The Philip Bard Laboratories of Neurophysiology
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
2015
Award Discipline:
Biological Sciences
Award Year:
1986
Citation:
"For his fundamental research on how the brain functions in processing and perceiving the information gathered through the somatic sensory system."
Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on March 12, 1986.