Donald B. Lindsley | |
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| Born | Donald Benjamin Lindsley December 23, 1907 Brownhelm Township, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | June 19, 2003 (aged 95) |
| Education | Wittenberg College University of Iowa (PhD) |
| Occupation | Physiological psychologist |
| Known for | Pioneer in the field of brain function study |
| Spouse |
Ellen Ford (m. 1933) |
| Father | Benjamin |
Donald Benjamin Lindsley (December 23, 1907 – June 19, 2003) was an American physiological psychologist most known as a pioneer in the field of brain function study. Considered by his colleagues to have been worthy of winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology for discovering the reticular activating system along with Horace Winchell (Tid) Magoun and Giuseppe Moruzzi, Lindsley was instrumental in demonstrating the use of electroencephalography (EEG) in the study of brain function.[1]