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 | Kistler Prize (2006) |
Doreen Kimura (born Doreen Goebel 1933 (in Winnipeg, Manitoba)-February 27, 2013) was a Canadian psychologist who was professor at Simon Fraser University.[1] She held a PhD in psychobiology. Among other interests, her interests included the relationship between sex and cognition (see sex and intelligence) and promoting academic freedom; she was the founding president of the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship.
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 Archer, 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
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