Nikolai Bernstein | |
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| Born | November 5, 1896 |
| Died | January 16, 1966 (aged 69) |
| Resting place | Novodevichye Cemetery |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physiology |
| Institutions | Central Institute of Labour Institute of Experimental Medicine |
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Bernstein (Russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Бернште́йн; 5 November 1896 – 16 January 1966) was a Soviet neurophysiologist who has pioneered motion-tracking devices and formal processing of information obtained from the use of these devices. He was also one of first psychologists to suggest that behaviour is generative, constructive and not reactive. He was born and died in Moscow.