1. Wolf Joachim Singer was born on 9 March 1943 and is a German neurophysiologist.
12 Facts About Wolf Singer
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Wolf Singer is an honorary professor of physiology at the Goethe University Frankfurt.
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Wolf Singer is the father of brain researcher and cognitive scientist Tania Singer.
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Wolf Singer represents a naturalistic interpretation of neurophysiological data and strives to make the results of brain research known to the public.
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Wolf Singer has researched the neuroscience of meditation in partnership with Matthieu Ricard.
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Wolf Singer argues that the natural scientific causal model, according to which the world is to be viewed as a closed deterministic whole, excludes freedom.
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Wolf Singer received many honors for his scientific work, including the Ernst Jung Prize for Science and Research, the Neuronal Plasticity Prize, the Zulch Prize, the Max Planck Prize for Public Relations, the Hessian Cultural Prize, the Communicator Prize of the Stifterverband fur die Deutsche Wissenschaft, honorary doctorates of the Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg and the Rutgers University, New Jersey, the Korber European Science Prize and the Medaille de la Ville de Paris.
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Wolf Singer was honored in France becoming a knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour.
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In 1992, Wolf Singer was appointed a lifelong member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Rome.
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Wolf Singer was a member of the Advisory Board of the Giordano Bruno Foundation until 2012.
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Wolf Singer is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Hertie Foundation.
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Wolf Singer is a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.