Joseph E. LeDoux, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Joseph E. LeDoux

American neuroscientist

Date of Birth: 07-Dec-1949

Place of Birth: Eunice, Louisiana, United States

Profession: physician, psychologist, university teacher, neuroscientist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Joseph E.
LeDoux (born December 7, 1949) is an American neuroscientist whose research is primarily focused on survival circuits, including their impacts on emotions such as fear and anxiety.
LeDoux is the Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science at New York University, and director of the Emotional Brain Institute, a collaboration between NYU and New York State with research sites at NYU and the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research in Orangeburg, New York.
He is also the lead singer and songwriter in the band The Amygdaloids.