Karl J. Friston

Professor of Imaging Neuroscience/Wellcome Principal Research Fellow

Karl Friston is a theoretical neuroscientist and authority on brain imaging. He invented statistical parametric mapping (SPM), voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and dynamic causal modelling (DCM). His main contribution to theoretical neurobiology is a free-energy principle for action and perception (active inference).

Achievements

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ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholar

Listed among the top-ranked scholars on ScholarGPS in medicine.

2025

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University College London

Publicly affiliated with University College London.

2025

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Neurology

Recognized in ScholarGPS rankings for neurology.

2025

Membership

Tier: FREE

Member since: 4/28/2025