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Neuropsychology is a relatively new discipline within the field of psychology. The first textbook defining the field, Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology, was initially published by Kolb and Whishaw in 1980. [3] However, the history of its development can be traced back to the Third Dynasty in ancient Egypt, perhaps even earlier. [4]
Norman Geschwind was born on January 8, 1926, in New York City, New York to a Jewish family. He was a student at Boy's High School in Brooklyn, New York.
Donald Olding Hebb FRS [1] (July 22, 1904 – August 20, 1985) was a Canadian psychologist who was influential in the area of neuropsychology, where he sought to understand how the function of neurons contributed to psychological processes such as learning.
Hans-Lukas Teuber (August 7, 1916 – January 4, 1977) was a professor of psychology and head of the psychology department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [1] He was one of the founders of neuropsychology [2] and studied perception.
Kolb is likely best known for his textbook, Fundamentals of Neuropsychology, as of 2019 in its seventh edition and in multiple languages, which he wrote with his longtime colleague, Ian Whishaw. [14] Originally published in 1980, this book was the first in the new field of neuropsychology and has been described as "the book that defined the field."
First speaker in an annual series of lectures initiated by the New York Neuropsychology Group and the Psychology Section of the New York Academy of Sciences, featuring important figures in the development of neuropsychology, subsequently named The Arthur L. Benton Lecture in his honor.(1986)
Luria's last co-edited book, with Homskaya, was titled Problems of Neuropsychology and appeared in 1977. [29] In it, Luria was critical of simplistic models of behaviorism and indicated his preference for the position of "Anokhin's concept of 'functional systems,' in which the reflex arc is substituted by the notion of a 'reflex ring' with a ...
Cytowic’s writing ranges from textbooks [7] and music reviews, to his Metro Weekly "Love Doctor" essays [8] and brief medical biographies of Anton Chekhov, [9] Maurice Ravel [10] and Virginia Woolf. [11] His work is the subject of two BBC Horizon documentaries, “Orange Sherbert Kisses” (1994) [12] and “Derek Tastes of Earwax” (2014). [13]