Lynn Nadel, Regents' Professor of psychology and cognitive science at University of Arizona, has won the 2006 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology.

Nadel and colleague John O'Keefe at University College in London earned the award for helping to identify the brain's mapping system. O'Keefe and Nadel explained their theory in a 1978 book, "The Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map." Nadel later used the theory to study Down's syndrome, amnesia, phobias, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

The winners of the Grawemeyer Psychology Prize are selected from among 37 nominations from seven countries.

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For more information:

"UA Psychology Professor Honored," UA Press Release, 12/1/2005

The University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award