Michael I. Posner 1936-
　 波斯納(1936-)，美國心理學家，主要研究與選擇性注意有關的神經系統結構和機能的發展，以及人在獲取新技能的過程中大腦所發生的變化。1980年獲美國心理學會頒發的杰出科學貢獻獎，1981年當選為國家科學院院士。
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.