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Dr. Stephanie Palmer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Chicago, where she leads the Palmer Theory Group. Her research focuses on the study of how populations of neurons collectively encode information through inputs and perform computational processes such as signal comparison, prediction, error correction, and learning. Dr. Palmer investigates phenomena including predictive coding in the retina and visual cortex, motion coding in area MT, and temporal coding in the zebra finch song system. She collaborates closely with experimentalists across various systems to refine and test theories on neural population coding using detailed measurements. Her educational background includes a DPhil from the University of Oxford in Theoretical Physics and several positions at prestigious institutions including a postdoctoral role at Princeton University. With numerous publications in high-impact journals, Dr. Palmer contributes significantly to our understanding of neural encoding and computation in biological systems.
Princeton University • Princeton, NJ
Conducted research in Neuroscience.
Department of Philosophy