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Benjamin Libet

1916 - 2007

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Benjamin Libet (; April 12, 1916 – July 23, 2007) was an American neuroscientist who was a pioneer in the field of human consciousness. Libet was a researcher in the physiology department of the University of California, San Francisco. In 2003, he was the first recipient of the Virtual Nobel Prize in Psychology from the University of Klagenfurt "for his pioneering achievements in the experimental investigation of consciousness, initiation of action, and free will". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Libet is the 176th most popular psychologist (down from 169th in 2019), the 4,946th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,881st in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Benjamin Libet ranks 176 out of 235. Before him are Reuven Feuerstein, James Hillman, Edgar Rubin, Henry Murray, Carol Dweck, and Giacomo Rizzolatti. After him are Jean Laplanche, Edgar Schein, Julian Rotter, Abraham Brill, Georgi Lozanov, and Nise da Silveira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Benjamin Libet ranks 140. Before him are Jenő Fock, Movita Castaneda, Halil İnalcık, Alexey Maresyev, Bismillah Khan, and Wan Li. After him are Anton Diffring, Svend Asmussen, Bill Melendez, Françoise Giroud, Charlie Christian, and Rong Yiren. Among people deceased in 2007, Benjamin Libet ranks 196. Before him are Antonio Aguilar, Kembo Uba Kembo, Max Roach, Nazik Al-Malaika, Hans Wegner, and Al Oerter. After him are Jim Gray, Angelo Felici, Mariano Gonzalvo, Pief Panofsky, Stephen Fumio Hamao, and Toše Proeski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Libet ranks 4,946 out of 20,380. Before him are Evelyn Nesbit (1884), John Geiger (1873), Melvin Purvis (1903), Teddy Wilson (1912), Layne Staley (1967), and Geoff Pierson (1949). After him are Carole Landis (1919), James Marsden (1973), Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856), Wallace Stevens (1879), Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), and Gregg Allman (1947).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Benjamin Libet ranks 60. Before him are Stanley Schachter (1922), Harry Harlow (1905), Arnold Gesell (1880), Rensis Likert (1903), James Hillman (1926), and Henry Murray (1893). After him are Julian Rotter (1916), Dan Ariely (1967), Frank Rosenblatt (1928), Gustave Gilbert (1911), Lewis Terman (1877), and John C. Lilly (1915).

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