Pioneering Neurologist Closer to Understanding BrainWiring and Diseases WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dr. Jeremy Schmahmann, Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and neurologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, today presented his laboratory’s research on the new field of study called “Connectivity”at the launch of the MINDlink Foundation. Dr. Schmahmann is an award-winning leader in the field of the cerebellum and cognition, and in deciphering the hardwiring of the brain. Toget...

Harvard MagazineJonathan LeonardMay–June 1998 The patient was a high-powered Boston executive. Her job was making hard decisions, thinking on her feet, juggling several projects at a time. But one day she realized that something had gone wrong. She found her concentration wavering; decisions that were normally second nature came slowly; and handling many things at a time seemed impossible. She could think all right, if a bit slowly, but her high-level administrator's skills were crippled. She wa...