John Krakauer

John Krakauer was born in 1970 and is a neurologist, neuroscientist and academic. He is a codirector of the Motor Performance Laboratory at the Neurological Institute of Columbia University, and specializes in motor learning and stroke. He received his bachelor degree at Trinity College of Cambridge University, but his advanced education and extended work have been in the United States, primarily associated with Columbia.

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