Encyclopedia of the History of Psychological Theories

2012 Edition
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Lashley, Carl

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0463-8_257

Basic Biographical Information/Major Accomplishments

American psychologist. Born in Davis, West Virginia. June 7, 1890. Studied at the University of West Virginia. Morgantown. B.A. 1910; University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, M.S. 1911: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Ph.D. 1914. Married Ann Baker in 1919; married Claire Schiller in 1957. Instructor, 1917–1918, Assistant Professor, 1920–1921, Associate Professor, 1921–1924, and Professor of Psychology, 1924–1926, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Research Psychologist, Behavior Research Fund, Institute for Juvenile Research, Chicago, 1927–1929; Professor of Psychology, University of Chicago, 1929–1935; Professor of Psychology, 1935–1937, Research Professor in Neuropsychology, 1937–1955, and Professor Emeritus, 1955–1958, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hughlings Jackson Memorial Lecturer, Montreal Neurological Clinic, 1937; Vanuxem Lecturer, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1952. Investigator, United States...

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References

Psychology

  1. Lashley, K. S. (1929). Brain mechanisms and intelligence. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.Google Scholar
  2. Lashley, K. S. (1960). In F. O. Beach, et al. (Eds.), The neuropsychology of Lashley: Selected papers. New York: McGraw-Hill (contains a full bibliography).Google Scholar

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Graduate School of Social ServicesFordham UniversityNew YorkUSA