Richard Jung (neurologist)

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Richard Jung (born June 27, 1911 in Frankenthal ; † June 25, 1986 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German neurologist and clinical neurophysiologist .

Life

Jung studied in Vienna, Freiburg i. Br., Paris, Berlin and Munich. In 1934 he was at the University of Munich Dr. med. PhD. In 1940 he completed his habilitation at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . In 1947 he became an adjunct professor here, in 1949 an associate professor and in 1951 a full professor of neurology and neuropsychology. He was director of the Neurological University Clinic in Freiburg .

In 1950, Jung founded the German EEG Society (since 1996: German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging ; DGKN) and became its first president and later honorary president. He was also chairman of the German Society for Neurology from 1969 to 1970 and was elected a member of the Leopoldina in 1974.

Works

  • Neurophysiology and psychophysics of the visual system: The visual system: neurophysiology and psychophysics / Ed. By Richard Jung and Hans Kornhuber . Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1961.
  • Contrast vision, contour emphasis and artist drawing . [Munich]: Springer-Verlag, 1971.
  • G Berlucchi; Richard Jung: Visual centers in the brain . Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1973.
  • Central processing of visual information / by H. Autrum… [et al.]; ed. by Richard Jung (Handbook of sensory physiology; v. 7/3). Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1973.
  • Sensory research in historical perspective: some philosophical foundations of perception. In: Sensory processes. (= Handbook of Physiology. Section 1: The Nervous System. Volume 3). Part 1. Bethesda: American Physiological Society , 1984.

literature

  • Otto-Joachim Grüsser : Richard Jung (1911–1986) . In: Neuropsychologia . tape 25 , no. 4 , 1987, pp. 739-741 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/neurologie/live/geschichte.html
  2. ^ S. Kubicki: On the establishment of the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology - The Prelude in the Brain Research Institute in Berlin-Buch. In: Klin Neurophysiol . tape 34 , 2003, p. 94-98 .

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personal data
SURNAME Jung, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German neurologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankenthal
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 1986
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau