Adam Gazzaley
Neuroscientist, Author, Entrepreneur and Inventor
Adam Gazzaley is a neuroscientist, author, photographer, entrepreneur and inventor. He is the founder and executive director of Neuroscape and the David Dolby Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Physiology, and Psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He is co-founder and Chief Science Advisor of Akili Interactive Labs, JAZZ Venture Partners, and Sensync. Gazzaley is the inventor of the first video game approved by the FDA as a medical treatment. He is a Board of Trustee member, Science Council member and Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences. He has authored over 140 scientific articles.
Book Recommendations
The Reality Dysfunction
by Peter F. Hamilton
The Reality Dysfunction is a book that I tell people to read all the time.
— Adam Gazzaley, source
Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
Starting with Asimov when I was a kid, the Foundation series: life-changing for me as a kid, and have still read it multiple times throughout my life. So that’s probably the biggest share that I’ve done: introducing people to Asimov and the Foundation series
— Adam Gazzaley, source