Neil O'Connor

Neil O'Connor
Born(1917-03-23)March 23, 1917
Geraldton, Western Australia
DiedOctober 1, 1997(1997-10-01) (aged 80)
Alma mater
Scientific career
Fieldsexperimental psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of London, University College London
ThesisPersonality variables which affect the vocational and social efficiency of highgrade mental defectives (1951)
Doctoral studentsUta Frith;[1][2] John Sloboda

Neil O'Connor (March 23, 1917 – October 1, 1997) was an experimental psychologist, born in Geraldton, Western Australia. He died in 1997 after a traffic incident.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Back to the thesis: Uta Frith on YouTube
  2. ^ Smith, Kerri; Baker, Noah (2016). "Back to the thesis: Late nights, typos, self-doubt and despair. Francis Collins, Sara Seager and Uta Frith dust off their theses, and reflect on what the PhD was like for them". Nature. 535 (7610): 22–25. doi:10.1038/535022a. PMID 27383967.
  3. ^ "In memoriam Neil O'Connor (1917-1997)". Developmental Disabilities Bulletin. 26: 81. 1998.
  4. ^ "Neil O'Connor, 1917-1997". The Psychologist. 11: 40. 1998.
  5. ^ Frith, Uta (1998). "Obituary Neil O' Connor (1917-1997)". Autism. 2 (1): 7–9. doi:10.1177/1362361398021002. S2CID 220060087.