Lawrence Weiskrantz

Lawrence Weiskrantz
Born(1926-03-28)28 March 1926
Died27 January 2018(2018-01-27) (aged 91)
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materSwarthmore College
Known forblindsight
Scientific career
Fieldspsychology, neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience
InstitutionsOxford University

Lawrence Weiskrantz FRS (28 March 1926 – 27 January 2018) was a British neuropsychologist. Weiskrantz is credited with discovering the phenomenon of blindsight, and with establishing the role of the amygdala in emotional learning and emotional behavior. Blindsight is when a person with a brain injury causing blindness can nevertheless detect, point accurately at, and discriminate visually presented objects.