Ann Graybiel
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Ann Graybiel is a renowned neuroscientist known for her pioneering research on the basal ganglia and its role in habit formation and movement control.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ann Graybiel canonical | 1 |
| Ann M. Graybiel | 1 |
| Eve Marder | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T123904 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ann Graybiel Context triple: [Institute Professor at MIT, hasNotableHolder, Ann Graybiel]
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Karl Deisseroth
Karl Deisseroth is an American neuroscientist and bioengineer renowned for pioneering optogenetics and advanced brain-imaging techniques that have transformed the study of neural circuits and behavior.
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B.
Linda Salzman Sagan
Linda Salzman Sagan is an American artist and writer best known for co-designing the Pioneer plaque and contributing to other interstellar message projects alongside Carl Sagan.
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C.
Rita R. Colwell
Rita R. Colwell is an American microbiologist and former director of the National Science Foundation renowned for her pioneering research on cholera and environmental microbiology.
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D.
Christopher Varmus
Christopher Varmus is one of the sons of Nobel Prize–winning American cancer researcher and former NIH director Harold Varmus.
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E.
Francis Collins
Francis Collins is an American physician-geneticist best known for leading the Human Genome Project and serving as director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ann Graybiel Target entity description: Ann Graybiel is a renowned neuroscientist known for her pioneering research on the basal ganglia and its role in habit formation and movement control.
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A.
Karl Deisseroth
Karl Deisseroth is an American neuroscientist and bioengineer renowned for pioneering optogenetics and advanced brain-imaging techniques that have transformed the study of neural circuits and behavior.
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B.
Linda Salzman Sagan
Linda Salzman Sagan is an American artist and writer best known for co-designing the Pioneer plaque and contributing to other interstellar message projects alongside Carl Sagan.
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C.
Rita R. Colwell
Rita R. Colwell is an American microbiologist and former director of the National Science Foundation renowned for her pioneering research on cholera and environmental microbiology.
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D.
Christopher Varmus
Christopher Varmus is one of the sons of Nobel Prize–winning American cancer researcher and former NIH director Harold Varmus.
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E.
Francis Collins
Francis Collins is an American physician-geneticist best known for leading the Human Genome Project and serving as director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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neuroscientist ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience
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James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award ⓘ Kavli Prize ⓘ
surface form:
Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
National Academy of Sciences Award in the Neurosciences ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Rockefeller University ⓘ |
| employer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
neurobiology
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neuroscience ⓘ systems neuroscience ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline | brain and cognitive sciences ⓘ |
| hasEmployer |
MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
ⓘ
surface form:
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT
|
| hasPublicationType |
book chapters
ⓘ
peer-reviewed journal articles ⓘ scientific reviews ⓘ |
| hasResearchApproach |
anatomical tracing
ⓘ
behavioral neuroscience ⓘ electrophysiology ⓘ |
| hasRole | principal investigator of a neuroscience laboratory ⓘ |
| influenced |
research on computational models of basal ganglia
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theories of habit learning in psychology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
research on habit formation
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research on movement control ⓘ research on the basal ganglia ⓘ studies of striatal function ⓘ work on neural basis of action selection ⓘ work on reinforcement learning in the brain ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
ⓘ
National Academy of Medicine ⓘ
surface form:
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
|
| notableStudent | neuroscience graduate students at MIT ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Institute Professor at MIT
ⓘ
investigator at McGovern Institute for Brain Research ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
Parkinson's disease
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basal ganglia ⓘ neural basis of habits ⓘ neuropsychiatric disorders ⓘ striatal microcircuitry ⓘ |
| studies |
neural circuits underlying decision making
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neural encoding of reward and punishment ⓘ |
| workplace | McGovern Institute for Brain Research ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ann Graybiel Description of subject: Ann Graybiel is a renowned neuroscientist known for her pioneering research on the basal ganglia and its role in habit formation and movement control.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Eve Marder
this entity surface form:
Ann M. Graybiel