Karl Lashley
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Karl Lashley was an influential American psychologist and neuroscientist known for his pioneering research on brain function, learning, and memory, particularly through lesion studies in animals.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Karl Lashley canonical | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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neuroscientist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in psychology ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1890-06-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1958-08-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Johns Hopkins University
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West Virginia University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard University
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University of Chicago ⓘ University of Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Yerkes Laboratories of Primate Biology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Lashley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
experimental psychology
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learning theory ⓘ memory research ⓘ neuropsychology ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ physiological psychology ⓘ |
| givenName | Karl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Donald O. Hebb
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modern cognitive neuroscience ⓘ |
| influencedBy | behaviorism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critique of strict localization of function in the cerebral cortex
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lesion studies in animals ⓘ principle of equipotentiality ⓘ principle of mass action ⓘ research on brain mechanisms of learning and memory ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Psychological Association
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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| notableIdea |
equipotentiality of cortical areas for learning
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mass action principle of cortical function NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
neuroscientist
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psychologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Davis, West Virginia, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| positionHeld |
director of Yerkes Laboratories of Primate Biology
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professor of psychology at Harvard University ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studied |
cerebral cortex
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learning in rats ⓘ maze learning ⓘ memory storage in the brain ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Orange Park, Florida, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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