Michael I. Posner 1936-
　 波斯纳(1936-)，美国心理学家，主要研究与选择性注意有关的神经系统结构和机能的发展，以及人在获取新技能的过程中大脑所发生的变化。1980年获美国心理学会颁发的杰出科学贡献奖，1981年当选为国家科学院院士。 
PhD 1962 from the University of Michigan, since the 1960’s has been involved in the effort to measure human thought and to understand its physical basis, developed the Center for the Cognitive Neuroscience for Attention, research in the development of executive control in children ages 2 to 5, methods in neuroimaging and neuropsychology of attention.