Steven Hyman
Steven Hyman
Steven E. Hyman, MD, is Director of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research and a core member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. He is also Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology. The goal of the Stanley Center is decrease the burden of serious neuropsychiatric disorders through research. Scientists within the Center use large scale platforms in genetics <1>, stem cell biology, and other areas of biology and chemistry to gain better understanding...
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I think that, with some notable exceptions, the community of scientists was excessively optimistic about how quickly imaging would have an impact on psychiatry. In their enthusiasm, people forgot that the human brain is the most complex object in the history of human inquiry, and it's not at all easy to see what's going wrong.
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