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Comment: See WP:BLP. Statements, starting with the date of birth, need to be sourced or removed, and the awards section, bar one, is entirely unsourced.External links should also be removed or converted to inline citations where appropriate. Greenman (talk) 14:40, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
Cynthia F. Moss is an American neuroscientist and professor of Psychology and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, with additional affiliations in neuroscience and mechanical engineering[1][2] [3][4][5]. Moss is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012), the Acoustical Society of America (2001), and the International Society for Neuroethology[6][7] Her research focuses on the mechanisms of sensory-motor integration, scene perception, spatial attention, and memory.[6]
Education
[edit]Moss graduated with a B.S. (summa cum laude) from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and earned her Ph.D. from Brown University.[8] Following graduation, she served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Tubingen, Germany and later as a Research Fellow at Brown University before assuming a faculty position at Harvard University. [8]During her time at Harvard, Moss was honored with the Phi Beta Kappa teaching award (1992) and appointed as the Morris Kahn Associate Professor.[8] Additionally, she received the National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award.[8]
Moss worked at the University of Maryland, where she held a professorship in the Department of Psychology and the Institute for Systems Research[8] During her tenure at Maryland, she took on the role of Director of the interdepartmental graduate program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science.[8] Moss received the University of Maryland Regents Faculty Award for Research and Creativity in 2010.[6]
In 2014, Moss joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins University including the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Whiting School of Engineering, and the School of Medicine.[6] While at Johns Hopkins, she received the Hartmann Award in Auditory Neuroscience (2017) and the Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize (2019).[9]
Research and Career
[edit]Moss’ research seeks to address questions relating to the brain’s capability of representing dynamic sensory information from the natural environment and the sensory and motor activity patterns that work together to mediate actions in three-dimensional space.[10][11][8] Her lab primarily focuses on studying bats to answer these questions[12].[13] [14][15]Through exploitation of echolocation and other sensory-directed behaviors of bats–detected via high-speed audio and video recordings–Moss’ lab can analyze social interactions, target discrimination and tracking, obstacle and avoidance, and navigation of these animals[16][17][18][12].[19][20][21]In collaboration with Ellen Lumpkin, her lab discovered that bats use hairs on their wings for maneuverability [22][23][24]
Specifically, these neural recordings focus on three primary brain regions: the hippocampus, midbrain superior colliculus and somatosensory cortex.[25] Moss researches hippocampal activity in freely echolocating bats and has found that hippocampal place cells are implicated in spatial navigation and memory.[25] Additionally, current research projects and goals are centered on the mechanisms of sensorimotor integration, scene perception, spatial attention, and memory.[26]
Awards and honors
[edit]- 2012- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[27]
- 2017- Hartman Award in Auditory Neuroscience[28]
- 2019- Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize[29]
- Phi-Beta-Kappa Scholar[30]
Books
[edit]Moss, C. F., & Shettleworth, S. J. (Eds.). (1996). Neuroethological studies of cognitive and perceptual processes. Westview Press.
Thomas, J. A., Moss, C. F., & Vater, M. (Eds.). (2002). Echolocation in Bats and Dolphins. University of Chicago Press. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo3612864.html
References
[edit]- ^ "Wireless device monitors the brains of bats in flight". New Atlas. 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Prof. Cynthia MOSS | HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study". ias.hkust.edu.hk. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ Kucukduner, Utku (2020-11-03). "Research Reveals Bats Can See Into the Future". Interesting Engineering. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ Kucukduner, Utku (2020-11-03). "Research Reveals Bats Can See Into the Future". Interesting Engineering. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Lawrentian".
- ^ a b c d "Cynthia Moss". Psychological & Brain Sciences. 2015-11-30. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ "PBK - Cynthia Moss". www.pbk.org. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Episode 26: Cynthia Moss, PhD". Conjugate: Illustration and Science Blog. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ Quadrangle, The (2023-11-02). "Using Sound to Navigate the World: Cynthia Moss Explains Echolocation". The Quadrangle. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ Bhanoo, Sindya N. (2011-09-19). "Bats Turn Up the Volume to Find Food Amid Clutter". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ "Bat brain signals illuminate navigation in the dark". 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ a b Hopkins, Jill Rosen-Johns (2018-04-11). "Scientists see neurons fire in brain of flying bat". Futurity. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ "Cynthia F. Moss, PhD". kavlijhu.org. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Wash Post". The Washington Times.
- ^ "Hunting Bats Tilt Their Heads Like Puppies". Mental Floss. 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ "Cute pug inspires bat research - Baltimore Sun". digitaledition.baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ Andrew, Scottie (2020-11-03). "Bats can predict the future to hunt their prey, Johns Hopkins researchers find". CNN. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ #author.fullName}. "How bats pick out their own calls when flying in enormous swarms". New Scientist. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Andrew, Scottie (2020-11-03). "Bats can predict the future to hunt their prey, Johns Hopkins researchers find". CNN. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ News, Neuroscience (2015-04-30). "Bats in Flight: How Information About Airflow is Sent to the Brain". Neuroscience News. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Simon, Matt. "A Bat's Secret to Flying Like a Boss? Tiny, Tiny Hairs". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Tiny Hairs on Bats' Wings Are Key to Their Maneuverability". NBC News. 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ Rogers, Tessa Berenson (2015-04-30). "How Bats Could Influence the Future of Air Travel". TIME. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ Simon, Matt. "A Bat's Secret to Flying Like a Boss? Tiny, Tiny Hairs". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ a b "Cynthia Moss". neuroscience.jhu.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ^ Sun, CARRIE WELLS, The Baltimore (2015-02-23). "Bats, owls offer clues into brain function". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Cynthia Moss named AAAS Fellow". simulation.umd.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ "Hartman Award".
- ^ Bauer, Angela. "Lecture to explore how bats could help the blind". Jacksonville Journal-Courier. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "PBK - Cynthia Moss". www.pbk.org. Retrieved 2024-06-24.