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A. David Redish is a leading neuroscientist whose work bridges the computational, cognitive, and clinical dimensions of decision-making. His research centers on the neural mechanisms of navigation, memory, and choice, with a particular focus on how the hippocampus supports both spatial cognition and episodic memory. Redish is best known for his landmark book *Beyond the Cognitive Map* (1999), which has garnered over 368 citations and fundamentally challenged the field by proposing that the hippocampus integrates cognitive mapping with episodic memory—a synthesis that reshaped our understanding of the structure’s role. His highly cited 2013 book *The Mind within the Brain* (90 citations) extends these ideas into the realm of decision-making, exploring how multiple neural systems interact to produce adaptive behavior and how these processes can break down in addiction and psychiatric disorders. Redish’s multiple-vulnerabilities theory of addiction (2009) offers a nuanced framework for understanding craving and relapse, while his recent work on approach-avoidance conflict (2025) reveals how the dorsal hippocampus encodes both threats and rewards. A professor at the University of Minnesota, Redish’s integrative approach has made him a pivotal figure in computational neuroscience, influencing researchers across psychology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.