Lawrence Weiskrantz | |
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Born | 28 March 1926 |
Died | 27 January 2018 | (aged 91)
Citizenship | British |
Alma mater | Swarthmore College |
Known for | blindsight |
Scientific career | |
Fields | psychology, neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience |
Institutions | Oxford University |
Lawrence Weiskrantz FRS (28 March 1926 – 27 January 2018) was a British neuropsychologist. Weiskrantz is credited with discovering the phenomenon of blindsight, and with establishing the role of the amygdala in emotional learning and emotional behavior.[1] Blindsight is when a person with a brain injury causing blindness can nevertheless detect, point accurately at, and discriminate visually presented objects.[2]