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Victor de Lafuente, PhD. (Hermosillo, Sonora México; 1977) studied biology at UNAM Faculty of Science. Afterwards, he completed his PhD degree at Cell Physiology Institute (UNAM) where he carried studies about neuronal mechanisms underlying sensory perception.
At the end of his PhD, Victor conducted his post-doctoral research at the Howard Hughes Institute at Washington University, in Seattle USA. Where he studied the cortex neuronal activity related to decision-making based in visual sensory information.
Dr. de Lafuente is author of more than 36 scientific publications published in high-impact journals. His current research areas are centered towards understanding sensory information processing, and the way this information is used to take decisions.