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Farshad Mansouri obtained a BSc in Biology (Zoology), an MSc in Medical Physiology, and a PhD in Neurophysiology. He joined the Cognitive Brain Mapping laboratory at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan in 1997, where he investigated the neural basis of executive control and cognitive flexibility, establishing an animal analog of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). This multi-faceted test is routinely used in clinical settings to assess cognitive flexibility, particularly among patients with prefrontal cortex damage and psychological disorders such as schizophrenia. He served as a staff scientist at RIKEN from 2002 to 2012 before joining the Physiology Department at Monash University in October 2012. At Monash, he established a cognitive neuroscience laboratory to expand studies on the structure and function of the prefrontal cortex, utilizing various techniques, including behavioral electrophysiology in animal models and psychophysical brain stimulation studies in humans. Currently, he directs the Cognitive Neuroscience laboratory at the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute. His research focuses on understanding the role of the prefrontal cortex in cognitive flexibility and executive control, with the aim to elucidate the neural substrates underlying mechanisms of behavior involved in goal-directed actions.
Monash University • Melbourne, Australia
Director of the Cognitive Neuroscience laboratory, focusing on cognitive flexibility and executive control research.
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