Doreen Kimura
| Doreen Kimura | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1933 Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Died |
February 27, 2013 Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | formerly The University of Western Ontario, Simon Fraser University |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Notable awards |
Canadian Psychology Association award for Distinguished Contributions to Canadian Psychology as a Science, 1985 = Canadian Association for Women in Science award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement, 1986
= Fellow, American Psychological Society
= Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
= John Dewan Award, The Ontario Mental Health Foundation, 1992
= Honorary doctorate from Simon Fraser University, 1993
= Sterling Prize in support of controversy, Simon Fraser University, 2000
= Furedy Academic Freedom Award, Society for Academic Freedom & Scholarship, 2002
= Distinguished Researcher, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science, 2005
= Kistler Prize (2006) |
Doreen Kimura (born Doreen Goebel 1933 (in Winnipeg, Manitoba)-February 27, 2013) was a Canadian psychologist who was professor at University of Western Ontario and professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University.[1] She was the founding president of the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship.
Career
Kimura held a PhD in psychobiology. Her interests included the relationship between sex and cognition (see sex and intelligence) and promoting academic freedom.
While some criticized Lawrence Summers' claims that differences in male-female representation in the sciences could be due to innate ability, Kimura supported him.[2] She was a critic of affirmative action, arguing that it is demeaning to women.[3] She also supported the concept of the biological origin of differences in cognitive ability between males and females (see also nature versus nurture).
According to the CISG's (Canadian Inter-Organizational Steering Group for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology) 'Canadian Guidelines on Auditory Processing Disorder in Children and Adults: Assessment and Intervention' (December 2012), "In 1961, Doreen Kimura proposed a theory that would attempt to explain dichotic listening abilities in humans. As a testament to her theory, her views on dichotic processing of auditory information recently celebrated a 50th anniversary."
Personal life
Kimura was the mother of Charlotte Thistle, grandmother of Ella Archer, and sister of Shelagh Derouin and Amber Harvey.
Books
- Neuromotor mechanisms in human communication (1993), Oxford: OUP ISBN 0-19-505492-X
- Sex and Cognition (2000), Cambridge, MA: MIT Press ISBN 0-262-61164-3
References
- ↑ "Doreen Kimura - Obituaries - London, ON - Your Life Moments". Yourlifemoments.ca. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
- ↑ Archived September 20, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "kimura1". Safs.ca. Retrieved 2013-03-14.