The Asian Scientist 100
Kenji Doya
Institution
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Country
Japan
Field
Life Sciences
Doya was awarded the 2018 Donald O. Hebb Award for developing artificial neural networks to understand the role of striatal neurons. (Photo: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
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