Daniela Schiller

Daniela Schiller
Born 1972 (age 4243)
Rishon LeZion, Israel
Nationality Israeli
Fields trauma, neuroscience
Institutions Mt Sinai School of Medicine
Alma mater Tel Aviv University, New York University
Known for Study of memory and trauma

Daniela Schiller (born October 26, 1972 in Israel[1]) is a neuroscientist who leads the Schiller Lab for Affective Neuroscience at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.[2]

She is best known for her work on memory reconsolidation, and on unlearning traumatic memories and addiction.[3][4][5]

Early life and education

Dr. Schiller was born in Rishon LeZion, Israel in 1972. She is the daughter of a Moroccan mother and a Ukrainian father. Schiller's father, Sigmund Schiller, is a survivor of the Holocaust. She received a bachelor's degree in psychology and philosophy in 1996, and her doctorate in cognitive neuroscience from Tel Aviv University in 2004. She was awarded a Fulbright fellowship and worked with Elizabeth Phelps at New York University.[6]

Personal life

Schiller is the youngest of four children. Her siblings live in Israel, and her sister Yael designs clothes.[6]

Schiller also plays drums and sings backing vocals for The Amygdaloids.[3][7]

Bibliography

References

  1. Yogis, Jaimal (2013-01-08). The Fear Project: What Our Most Primal Emotion Taught Me About Survival, Success, Surfing . . . and Love. Rodale. pp. 18–20. ISBN 9781609611767. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  2. "Neuroscience Department - Schiller Lab Home". Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Hall, Stephen S. (June 17, 2013). "Neuroscientist Daniela Schiller is Researching Ways that Bad Memories Can be Made Less Fearsome". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  4. Alleyne, Richard (December 10, 2009). "Trauma and fear to be erased from your mind". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  5. Reardon, Sara (April 13, 2012). "Drug-free therapy makes addicts 'forget' addiction". New Scientist. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Specter, Michael (19 May 2014). "Partial Recall". The New Yorker. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  7. Heydarpour, Roja (6 March 2007). "INK; A Band of Scientists Who Really Are a Band". The New York Times. p. 2. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

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