Daphna Shohamy

Daphna Shohamy is a neuroscientist and a professor in the department of Psychology and the Zuckerman Mind, Brain, Behavior Institute at Columbia University. She is an expert on human cognition with a focus on understanding how the brain transforms our experiences into memories and how memories in turn shape our decisions and actions. Her research combines brain imaging in healthy humans with studies of patients with brain disorders to understand the mysteries of the human mind.