Larry R. Squire

Larry Squire (Larry Ryan Squire, and most often Larry R. Squire) is a Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, and Psychology at the University of California, San Diego. He is a leading expert on the neurological bases of memory, which he investigates using animal models and human patients with amnesia. Squire received a B.A. from Oberlin College and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied under the mentorship of Peter Schiller. He subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, after which he accepted a position as a faculty member at the University of California, San Diego, where he has remained since.

Approximately 450 scientific papers published, all of neuroanatomical, cognitive and memory research reports on the results. He has also written and served as editor of text books.

Awards
In 1993 he received the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology.

Books

 * Memory and brain New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987. XII, 315 p. ISBN 0-19-504208-5
 * Encyclopedia of learning and memory. New York et al. : Macmillan : Maxwell Macmillan Canada : Maxwell Macmillan International, 1992. XXIII, 678 p. ISBN 0-02-897408-5
 * Findings and current opinion in cognitive neuroscience, with Stephen M. Kosslyn. Cambridge, Mass. [etc.] : MIT Pr., 1998. VI, 381 p. ISBN 0-262-69204-X
 * Memory: from mind to molecules, with Eric Kandel. New York : Scientific American Library, cop. 1999. XII, 315 p. ISBN 0-7167-5071-6
 * Fundamental neuroscience. 2nd ed. San Diego, CA : Academic Press, 2002. 1426 p. avec CD ISBN 0-12-660303-0