Section on Cognitive Neuropsychology

Dr. Alex Martin, Ph.D.

Biography

Dr. Martin received his B.A. from the City College of New York and his Ph.D. from the City University of New York. He did his post-doctoral work at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke on the breakdown of language and memory processes in Alzheimer's disease. In 1985 he joined the faculty of the Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences where he studied cognitive dysfunction associated with HIV infection. In 1990 he moved to the NIMH where he continued his work on cognitive abnormalities in neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders and on the organization of perceptual and memory functions in the human brain. In 1997 Dr. Martin became the Chief of the Cognitive Neuropsychology Section, Laboratory of Brain and Cognition. Dr. Martin is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association for Psychological Science, and the American Psychological Association.

Contact Info

Dr. Alex Martin, Ph.D.
Section on Cognitive Neuropsychology
Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, NIMH
Building 10, Room 4C-104, MSC 1366
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1366
Telephone: (301) 435-4926
Email: alexmartin@mail.nih.gov
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