PSYCHOLOGIST
Jaak Panksepp
1943 - 2017
Jaak Panksepp
Jaak Panksepp (June 5, 1943 – April 18, 2017) was an Estonian-American neuroscientist and psychobiologist who coined the term "affective neuroscience", the name for the field that studies the neural mechanisms of emotion. He was the Baily Endowed Chair of Animal Well-Being Science for the Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology at Washington State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, and Emeritus Professor of the Department of Psychology at Bowling Green State University. He was known in the popular press for his research on laughter in non-human animals. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jaak Panksepp is the 202nd most popular psychologist (down from 196th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 116th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Estonian Psychologist.
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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS
Among psychologists, Jaak Panksepp ranks 202 out of 235. Before him are Anne Treisman, C. George Boeree, Michael Tomasello, Théodore Flournoy, Louis Leon Thurstone, and Judith Rich Harris. After him are Robin Dunbar, Nancy Chodorow, Endel Tulving, Christina Maslach, Sandra Bem, and Marie Jahoda.
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Anne Treisman
1935 - 2018
HPI: 57.27
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1952 - 2021
HPI: 57.17
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1950 - Present
HPI: 57.11
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Théodore Flournoy
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Louis Leon Thurstone
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Judith Rich Harris
1938 - 2018
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Jaak Panksepp
1943 - 2017
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 202
Robin Dunbar
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HPI: 56.48
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Nancy Chodorow
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.45
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Endel Tulving
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HPI: 56.38
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HPI: 56.14
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Sandra Bem
1944 - 2014
HPI: 56.09
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Marie Jahoda
1907 - 2001
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Rank: 208
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1943, Jaak Panksepp ranks 429. Before him are Nahas Angula, Yawovi Agboyibo, Roy D. Bridges Jr., Annette Messager, Ibrahim al-Hamdi, and Peter Carey. After him are Michael Morpurgo, Lee Aaker, Pim Doesburg, Boediono, Brian Ferneyhough, and Kim Jung-nam. Among people deceased in 2017, Jaak Panksepp ranks 335. Before him are Vladimir Levenshtein, Jaki Liebezeit, Kito Lorenc, Timo Mäkinen, Nicky Hayden, and Abdur Rahman Biswas. After him are Leonid Kharitonov, Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Roberto Ferreiro, Om Puri, John Abercrombie, and Wu Wenjun.
Others Born in 1943
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Nahas Angula
POLITICIAN
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 423
Yawovi Agboyibo
POLITICIAN
1943 - 2020
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 424
Roy D. Bridges Jr.
ASTRONAUT
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 425
Annette Messager
ARTIST
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 426
Ibrahim al-Hamdi
POLITICIAN
1943 - 1977
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 427
Peter Carey
WRITER
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 428
Jaak Panksepp
PSYCHOLOGIST
1943 - 2017
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 429
Michael Morpurgo
WRITER
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 430
Lee Aaker
ACTOR
1943 - 2021
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 431
Pim Doesburg
SOCCER PLAYER
1943 - 2020
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 432
Boediono
ECONOMIST
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 433
Brian Ferneyhough
COMPOSER
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 434
Kim Jung-nam
SOCCER PLAYER
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 435
Others Deceased in 2017
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Vladimir Levenshtein
MATHEMATICIAN
1935 - 2017
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 329
Jaki Liebezeit
MUSICIAN
1938 - 2017
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 330
Kito Lorenc
WRITER
1938 - 2017
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 331
Timo Mäkinen
RACING DRIVER
1938 - 2017
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 332
Nicky Hayden
RACING DRIVER
1981 - 2017
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 333
Abdur Rahman Biswas
POLITICIAN
1926 - 2017
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 334
Jaak Panksepp
PSYCHOLOGIST
1943 - 2017
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 335
Leonid Kharitonov
SINGER
1933 - 2017
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 336
Tatiana Zatulovskaya
CHESS PLAYER
1935 - 2017
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 337
Roberto Ferreiro
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 2017
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 338
Om Puri
ACTOR
1950 - 2017
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 339
John Abercrombie
MUSICIAN
1944 - 2017
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 340
Wu Wenjun
MATHEMATICIAN
1919 - 2017
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 341
In Estonia
Among people born in Estonia, Jaak Panksepp ranks 139 out of 351. Before him are Anna Haava (1864), Johannes Kotkas (1915), Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (1798), Arnold Meri (1919), Anne Veski (1956), and Johannes Käbin (1905). After him are Jüri Ratas (1978), Alfons Rebane (1908), Harald Tammer (1899), Joann Lõssov (1921), Voldemar Väli (1903), and Aleksey Shakhmatov (1864).
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Anna Haava
WRITER
1864 - 1957
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 133
Johannes Kotkas
WRESTLER
1915 - 1998
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 134
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann
PHYSICIAN
1798 - 1850
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 135
Arnold Meri
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1919 - 2009
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 136
Anne Veski
SINGER
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 137
Johannes Käbin
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1999
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 138
Jaak Panksepp
PSYCHOLOGIST
1943 - 2017
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 139
Jüri Ratas
POLITICIAN
1978 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 140
Alfons Rebane
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1908 - 1976
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 141
Harald Tammer
ATHLETE
1899 - 1942
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 142
Joann Lõssov
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1921 - 2000
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 143
Voldemar Väli
WRESTLER
1903 - 1997
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 144
Aleksey Shakhmatov
HISTORIAN
1864 - 1920
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 145
Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Estonia
Among psychologists born in Estonia, Jaak Panksepp ranks 2. Before him are Wolfgang Köhler (1887).
