Endel tulving biography definition
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Endel Tulving
Canadian experimental psychologist (1927–2023)
Endel TulvingOC FRSC (May 26, 1927 – September 11, 2023) was an Estonian-born Canadian experimental psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist.
Endel tulving biography definition
In his research on human memory he proposed the distinction between semantic and episodic memory. Tulving was a professor at the University of Toronto. He joined the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Health Sciences in 1992 as the first Anne and Max Tanenbaum Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience and remained there until his retirement in 2010.
In 2006, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada (OC), Canada's highest civilian honour.
Biography
Tulving was born in Petseri, Estonia, in 1927.[1][2] In 1944, following the Soviet re-occupation of Estonia, Tulving (then 17 years old) and his younger brother Hannes were separated from their family and sent to live in Germany.[1] In Germany, he finished high school and worked as a teacher and