John Krakauer
External Professor
John Krakauer is currently John C. Malone Professor, Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of research interest are:
- Experimental and computational studies of motor control and motor learning in humans.
- Tracking long-term motor skill learning and its relation to higher cognitive processes such as decision-making.
- Prediction of motor recovery after stroke.
- Mechanisms of spontaneous motor recovery after stroke in humans and in mouse models.
- New neuro-rehabilitation approaches for patients in the first 3 months after stroke.
- Philosophy of Mind.
Dr. Krakauer also holds a Directorship at the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown in Lisbon and is an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He was also co-inventor of an immersive gaming technology for neurorehabilitation that originated at Johns Hopkins University and currently licensed to MindMaze Healthcare. Mindpod Dolphin has shown efficacy in several clinical trials around the world
Dr. Krakauer was profiled in the New Yorker in 2015 and his book, “Broken Movement: The Neurobiology of Motor Recovery after Stroke” was published by the MIT Press in November 2017.
Topics of Interest: Behavior - Health - Neuroscience - Psychology - Technology/Innovation
Other Affiliations and Institutions: Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University, New York NY, The Champalimaud Center for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal
How SFI changes your mind: All the time but towards a point of convergence.
When and how you first got involved with SFI: Visited way back in early 2000s when my brother, David, first joined the faculty. Have been visiting ever since.
Favorite Book: 2666
Favorite Film: Moonlight