As head of the Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior at Rockefeller University, Dr. Pfaff uses neuroanatomical, neurochemical and neurophysiological methods to study the cellular mechanisms by which the brain controls behavior. His research has focused on steroid hormone effects on nerve cells as they direct natural, instinctive behaviors, as well as the influences of hormones and genes on generalized brain arousal.Professor Pfaff received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1965. He joined Rockefeller University in 1966 as a postdoc and was named assistant professor in 1969. He was granted tenure in 1973 and promoted to full professor in 1978. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Pfaff is the author of several books on the brain and behavior. His latest book, The Neuroscience of Fair Play: Why We (Usually) Follow the Golden Rule , explains the research that led him to conclude that ethics is a hardwired function of the human brain. Performance Infinite Echoes Key Note The Varieties of Transcendent Love Key Note Persons and their Brains Key Note Neuroscience, Reverence and Moral Sense Key Note Common Morality: Deciding What to Do Key Note The Neurobiology of Virtue: Evolution, Cognition and Human Flourishing Key Note Advances in Neuroscience Key Note From Prodigy to Virtuoso: Mozart and Ostad Elahi Key Note The More We Understand, The Less We Understand Key Note Universal Morality, Inclusivity, and the Brain Key Note The Neuroscience of Fair Play Key Note The Impact of Brain Function on the Concept of Criminality Speaker Donald W. Pfaff DetailsFriday, September 11, 2009 EventsPrivate: Toward a Common Morality Performance Infinite Echoes Key Note The Varieties of Transcendent Love Key Note Persons and their Brains Key Note Neuroscience, Reverence and Moral Sense Key Note Common Morality: Deciding What to Do Key Note The Neurobiology of Virtue: Evolution, Cognition and Human Flourishing Key Note Advances in Neuroscience Key Note From Prodigy to Virtuoso: Mozart and Ostad Elahi Key Note The More We Understand, The Less We Understand Key Note Universal Morality, Inclusivity, and the Brain Key Note The Neuroscience of Fair Play Key Note The Impact of Brain Function on the Concept of Criminality MorePREVIOUS EVENTBrain, Mind & the Nature of BeingNEXT EVENTToward a Common Morality