Li Xintian (psychologist)
Li Xintian (
China Medical University, and Peking University Health Science Center
.
Early life
Li was born in February 1924 in
After the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out in 1937, the Japanese occupied Beijing. Li's family became war refugees and fled across half of China to Guilin and later Guiyang, where his older sister fell ill and died in 1938. Li attended Tsinghua High School in Guiyang and graduated in February 1942.[1]
Career
Li graduated from
Xiangya Medical College in June 1948, and stayed on as a physician at the college.[2] In 1958, he entered the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he conducted research in medical psychology under the supervision of Ding Zan. He later served as professor and chair of medical psychology at the institute.[1]
He was an adjunct professor at
China Medical University from 1986 to 1991, and at Peking University Health Science Center (formerly Beijing Medical College) from 1985 to 2000.[1]
His research on the coordination of cerebral hemispheres won multiple national and regional awards.[2] His published works include the widely used reference book Medical Psychology.[2] He is considered a founder of medical psychology and neuropsychology in China.[2]
Li died on 2 May 2019 at Anzhen Hospital in Beijing, at the age of 95.[2][3]
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