Maurice Moscovitch is a Canadian psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist, internationally known for his pioneering research on memory and its neural basis. A Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Toronto and a senior scientist at the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Centre, he has dedicated his career to studying the mechanisms of memory encoding and retrieval. His most influential contribution is the Multiple Trace Theory, developed with Lynn Nadel, which postulates the crucial and permanent role of the hippocampus in the retrieval of episodic memories, challenging traditional models of consolidation. He has also proposed the Component Process Model, which describes memory as the interaction of several specialized brain modules. For his work, he has received numerous awards, including the William James Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science and the Donald O. Hebb Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.