Endel Tulving | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 26, 1927 Petseri, Estonia |
| Died | September 11, 2023 (aged 96) Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Psychologist |
| Spouse |
Ruth Mikkelsaar
(m. 1950; died 2012) |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto Harvard University |
| Thesis | The Relation of Visual Acuity to Convergence and Accommodation (1957) |
| Doctoral advisor | Stanley Smith Stevens |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Yale University University of Toronto Baycrest Health Sciences |
| Doctoral students | Stephan Hamann Daniel Schacter Lola Cuddy |
Endel Tulving OC FRSC (May 26, 1927 – September 11, 2023) was an Estonian-born Canadian experimental psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist. In his research on human memory he proposed the distinction between semantic and episodic memory. Tulving was a professor at the University of Toronto. He joined the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Health Sciences in 1992 as the first Anne and Max Tanenbaum Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience and remained there until his retirement in 2010. In 2006, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada (OC), Canada's highest civilian honour.