Norman speed
Norman Geschwind (born January 8, 1926 in New York City , † November 4, 1984 in Boston ) was an American neurologist and neuroscientist.
Life
Schnell received medical training from Harvard Medical School in Boston and the National Hospital, Queen Square, in London. From 1955 he worked at the Boston City Hospital . From 1956 to 1958 he researched muscle diseases at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . He then moved to the Boston Veterans Administration Hospital. Since 1962 he was a professor and from 1966 he headed the neurological department at Boston University .
Scientific achievements
In Boston he mainly worked in the field of language processing in the brain and cortical language disorders ( aphasia ). A classic model of language processing is called the Wernicke-Geschwind model . He also dealt with the division of tasks between the cerebral hemispheres and proved the functional asymmetry of the brain, which was still controversial at the time.
Shortly before his death, Geschwind and his colleagues Peter Behan and Albert Galaburda developed a comprehensive and far-reaching hypothesis on the lateralization of the brain . Today it is called the Geschwind-Behan-Galaburda model after the three scientists .
Honors and memberships
- 1978: Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Works
- Norman Geschwind, Orrin Devinsky, Steven C. Schachter: Selected Publications on Language, Behavior and Epilepsy . Boston, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997, ISBN 0-7506-9753-9
literature
- O. Devinsky: Norman Geschwind: influence on his career and comments on his course on the neurology of behavior. In: Epilepsy Behav 15, 2009, pp. 413-416. PMID 19426828
- R. Cubelli: The history of neuropsychology according to Norman Geschwind: continuity and discontinuity in the development of science. In: Cortex 41, 2005 pp. 271-274. PMID 15714921
- Obituaries
- AM Galaburda: Norman Geschwind 1926-1984. In: Neuropsychologia 23, 1985, pp. 297-304. PMID 3895030
- F. Morell: In memoriam Norman Geschwind 1926-1984: an appreciation. In: Neurology 35, 1985, pp. 660-661. PMID 3887211
- AR Damasio and A. Galaburda: Norman Geschwind. In: Arch Neurol 42, 1985, pp. 500-504. PMID 3888155
- MM Mesulam: Norman Geschwind, 1926-1984. In: Ann Neurol 18, 1985, pp. 98-100. PMID 3898999
- H. Goodglass: Norman Geschwind (1926-1984). In: Cortex 22, 1986, pp. 7-10. PMID 3519075
Individual evidence
- ↑ N. Geschwind, P. Behan: Left-handedness: Association with Immune Disease, Migraine, and Developmental Learning Disorder. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . Volume 79, Number 16, August 1982, pp. 5097-5100, PMID 6956919 , PMC 346835 (free full text).
- ↑ N. Geschwind and AM Galaburda: Cerebral lateralization, biological mechanisms, associations, and pathology: I. A hypothesis and a program for research. In: Archives of Neurology 42, 1985, pp. 428-459. PMID 3994562
- ↑ N. Geschwind and AM Galaburda: Cerebral lateralization, biological mechanisms, associations, and pathology: II. A hypothesis and a program for research. In: Archives of Neurology 42, 1985, pp. 521-552. PMID 3890812
- ↑ N. Geschwind and AM Galaburda: Cerebral lateralization, biological mechanisms, associations, and pathology: III. A hypothesis and a program for research. In: Archives of Neurology 42, 1985, pp. 634-654. PMID 3874617
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hurry up, Norman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American neurologist and neuroscientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th November 1984 |
| Place of death | Boston |