Uri Hasson

Uri Hasson is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University, specializing in how the brain processes information across multiple timescales. His research explores the hierarchical organization of cortical circuits in memory accumulation and communication.

His work focuses on cognitive neuroscience with emphasis on memory systems, language comprehension, and social cognition. Hasson investigates how neural activity patterns evolve during naturalistic processing of complex stimuli, demonstrating that memory is intrinsically distributed throughout cortical hierarchies rather than confined to specific storage regions.

Hasson's research demonstrates that cortical circuits accumulate information hierarchically, with early sensory areas operating on timescales of tens to hundreds of milliseconds, while higher-order areas integrate information over seconds to minutes. This framework challenges traditional working memory models by showing memory is intrinsic to ongoing information processing throughout the brain.