Edward Taub
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1931 –
Who is Edward Taub?
Edward Taub is a behavioral neuroscientist on the faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is best known for his involvement in the Silver Spring monkeys case and for making major breakthroughs in the area of neuroplasticity and discovering/developing constraint-induced movement therapy; a family of techniques which helps the rehabilitation of people who have suffered neurological injuries from a stroke or other cause.
Taub's techniques have helped survivors regain the use of paralysed limbs, and has been hailed by the American Stroke Association as "at the forefront of a revolution." The Society for Neuroscience cited Taub's work as one of top 10 translational Neuroscience accomplishments of the 20th century and he was awarded the 2004 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association.
Taub holds a B.A. from Brooklyn College, a M.A. from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. from New York University. He is married to opera singer Mildred Allen.
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- Born
- 1931
Brooklyn - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Columbia University
- PhD, New York University
Psychology
( - 1970) - Brooklyn College
- Lived in
- Alabama
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on July 23, 2013
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