Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Natural Sciences at University of Pennsylvania
Director, Center for Neuroscience & Society

Dr. Farah is a cognitive neuroscientist who works on problems at the interface of neuroscience and society. These include: the effects of childhood poverty on brain development, the expanding use of neuropsychiatric medications by healthy people for brain enhancement, novel uses of brain imaging, and the many ways in which neuroscience is changing the way we think of ourselves as physical, mental, moral and spiritual beings.