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Samuel J. Williamson (November 6,1939, West Reading, Pennsylvania - April 25, 2005) was an American physicist and neuroscientist. Williamson was a co-developer of
magnetic source imaging Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a functional neuroimaging technique for mapping brain activity by recording magnetic fields produced by electrical currents occurring naturally in the brain, using very sensitive magnetometers. Arrays of SQUIDs ...
(MSI), and used this technique throughout his life to visualize and study brain activity especially as it relates to vision and hearing. He published over 100 articles in the fields of
biomagnetism Biomagnetism is the phenomenon of magnetic fields ''produced'' by living organisms; it is a subset of bioelectromagnetism. In contrast, organisms' use of magnetism in navigation is magnetoception and the study of the magnetic fields' ''effects'' on ...
and neuroscience. He received both his bachelor's degree in physics and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in 1961 and 1965 respectively. Dr. Williamson started his professional career at MIT's
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as a staff scientist, and remained there until 1971 when he joined the physics department at New York University (NYU). He was subsequently promoted to full professor of physics in 1977, became additionally a professor of
neural science Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, developmen ...
in 1987, and a University Professor in 1989, and was an associate of the Center for Neural Science. He remained at NYU until his retirement in 2000. In 1981 he was elected a Fellow of the
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. (search on year=1981 and institution=New York University)


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NYU page on Samuel Williamson


{{DEFAULTSORT:Williamson, Samuel 1939 births 2005 deaths Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni New York University faculty American neuroscientists Fellows of the American Physical Society