Shlomo Bentin
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Shlomo Bentin שלמה בנטין | |
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![]() Shlomo Bentin, 2006 | |
Born | August 26, 1946 Bucharest, Romania |
Died | July 13, 2012 | (aged 65)
Resting place | Menucha Nechona, Kfar Saba, Israel |
Nationality | Israeli |
Spouse | Miri Bentin |
Awards | Israel Prize |
Scientific career | |
Fields | neuropsychology |
Shlomo Bentin (
Biography
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Bentin was born in
In 1974 Bentin received his
In 1976 Bentin moved to Jerusalem and was appointed to the position of director of the human psychophysiology lab at the Hadassah Medical Center's neurology department. In 1982 Bentin received a Ph.D. in neuropsychology at the Medical School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Later on Bentin studied at the Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. During that time he also worked there at the Neuropsychology Laboratory of the University's School of Medicine and at the Haskins Laboratories, where he continued to be a member of the research staff until 2005.
In 1984 in Bentin returned to the Hadassah Medical Center and founded the diagnostic-clinical neuropsychology service at the hospital. During this time Bentin developed a method for monitoring nerve conduction abnormalities along the spinal cord during scoliosis surgeries. This method was based on nerve stimulation of the feet and on the measuring of the response in the neck - which made it unnecessary for the surgeons to wake up the patients during the surgery in order to check the patients' ability to move their legs, in cases of concerns for nerve injury during spine alignment procedures.
In 1983 Bentin was appointed as a lecturer of psychology at the
In 1991 Bentin initiated the cognitive electrophysiology laboratory at the Hebrew University. The lab's primary mission is to promote research in
Bentin was the recipient of the 2012 Israel Prize in the field of psychology.
On July 13, 2012, Bentin was killed in a collision with a dump truck while riding a bicycle near the University of California, Berkeley.[2][3]
Bentin was married and had three children. He lived in
Education
- Bachelor of Arts, (Psychology), Tel Aviv University 1974
- Master of Sciences (Technion, Haifa, 1977
- Doctor of Philosophy (Neuropsychology), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1982
Academic nominations
- Professor of Psychology and Education, 1994
- Associate Professor of Psychology and Education, 1991
- Senior Lecturer of Psychology, 1987
- Lecturer of Psychology, 1983
- Instructor of Psychology, 1980
Clinical experience
- Director of the Neuropsychological Assessment Service, Department of 1976-1990
- Director of the Evoked Potentials Assessment Service (VEP, BERA, SER), Department of 1984-1990
- Intra-operative monitoring of CNS electrophysiological activity 1986-1989
Administrative experience
- Head of the Neuropsychology Division -Department of Psychology 1994-1998
- Head of the Research Students Committee -Social Sciences Subdivision 1993-1996
References
- ^ Ackerman, Surie (Jan 7, 1992). "STUDY: ISRAELIS TONGUE-TIED BY HEBREW". Jerusalem Post. p. 3. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ YUROVSKY, OKSANA (July 13, 2012). "Cyclist killed after collision with truck on Bancroft and Fulton". The Daily Californian.
- ^ UC Berkeley Professor Killed In Crash With Dump Truck
External links
- The Cognitive Electrophysiology Lab Site
- Bicycle crash victim was renowned scientist - published on mercurynews.com on July 14, 2012