Doreen Kimura

Doreen Kimura
Born 1933
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Died February 27, 2013
Vancouver, British Columbia
Citizenship Canadian
Alma mater McGill University
Awards
  • Canadian Psychology Association award for Distinguished Contributions to Canadian Psychology as a Science, 1985
  • Canadian Association for Women in Science award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement, 1986
  • Fellow, American Psychological Society
  • Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
  • John Dewan Award, The Ontario Mental Health Foundation, 1992
  • Honorary doctorate from Simon Fraser University, 1993
  • Sterling Prize in support of controversy, Simon Fraser University, 2000
  • Furedy Academic Freedom Award, Society for Academic Freedom & Scholarship, 2002
  • Distinguished Researcher, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science, 2005
  • Kistler Prize (2006)
Scientific career
Fields Neuroscience
Institutions formerly The University of Western Ontario, Simon Fraser University

Doreen Kimura (born Doreen Goebel 1933 in Winnipeg, Manitoba – February 27, 2013) was a Canadian psychologist who was professor at the University of Western Ontario and professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University.[1] She was the founding president of the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship.

Career

Kimura held a PhD in psychobiology. Her interests included the relationship between sex and cognition (see sex and intelligence) and promoting academic freedom.

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, 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

References

  1. ↑ "Doreen Kimura – Obituaries – London, ON – Your Life Moments". Yourlifemoments.ca. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  2. ↑ Archived September 20, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "kimura1". Safs.ca. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
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