Richard Cytowic

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Cytowic
Occupation	Neuroscientist
Date Of Birth	Dec 16, 1952(1952-12-16)
Age	72
Birthplace	Trenton
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Richard Cytowic Biography

Richard Cytowic is one of the most popular and richest Neuroscientist who was born on December 16, 1952 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Cytowic was conceived in Trenton, New Jersey on December 16, 1952 to a doctor father and an artist mother. He grew up with a large family of scientists and artists. His mother is ESPN’s Super Nana Marge, Tim Tebow’s No. 1 fan. Cytowic was a child who loved to disassemble things and put them back together in order to understand how they worked.

Sacks co-authored Wednesday is Indigo Blue with David Eagleman. He said that their work had changed how people think about the brain and “[it] is an indispensable guide for anyone who is interested in how we see the world.” The Montaigne Medal was awarded to the book.

Richard E. Cytowic, an American neurologist and author, rekindled synesthesia’s interest in the 1980s and brought it back to mainstream science. For his New York Times Magazine article about James Brady (the Presidential Press Secretary) that was shot in the brain during President Reagan’s assassination attempt, he was nominated to the Pulitzer Prize. Cytowic’s writing includes music reviews and textbooks, as well as his Metro Weekly “Love Doctor” essays and short medical biographies about Anton Chekhov and Maurice Ravel. Two BBC Horizon documentaries on his work, “Orange Sherbert Kisses,” (1994) and “Derek Tastes of Earwax” (2014), feature Cytowic.

Richard Cytowic Net Worth

Richard Cytowic is one of the richest Neuroscientist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Cytowic 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a 1970 graduate of Hun School of Princeton, received his M.D. from Duke University and graduated cum laude. He graduated from Wake Forest’s Bowman Gray School of Medicine. After completing his studies at London’s Queen Square Institute of Neurology and George Washington University Medical Center, he founded Capitol Neurology, a private clinic. American University (2011) also awarded him a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing.

Richard Cytowic published the first neurophysiological studies on synesthesia subjects in 1980. He published Synesthesia: A Union of the Senses in 1989. This was followed by a popular exploration of the subject, The Man Who Tasted Shapes (1993). Modern functional brain imaging techniques now provide unambiguous evidence that synesthetes have simultaneous activation and coactivation of multiple sensory areas in the cerebral cortex. This is exactly what Cytowic predicted.

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Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Neuroscientist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Richard Cytowic celebrates birthday on December 16 of every year.

Top Facts about Richard Cytowic

1. Richard Cytowic is an American neurologist and author.
2. He is known for his research on synesthesia.
3. Cytowic has written several books on the topic.
4. He coined the term “synesthesia” in 1989.
5. Cytowic has also studied migraines and epilepsy.
6. He received his medical degree from Georgetown University.
7. Cytowic has been featured in numerous media outlets.
8. His work has influenced art, music, and literature.
9. Cytowic currently practices neurology in Washington D.C.
10. He continues to research and write about synesthesia today.