Robert E. Ornstein

Robert Evan Ornstein
Born(1942-08-21)August 21, 1942
Brooklyn, New York
DiedDecember 20, 2018(2018-12-20) (aged 76)
Pen nameRobert E. Ornstein, Robert Ornstein
OccupationPsychologist, researcher and author
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
EducationBA in psychology, City University of New York's Queens College; PhD, Stanford University
Alma materQueens College, City University of New York, USA
GenrePsychology
SubjectScientific research into the mind, consciousness, split-brain; wisdom traditions such as Sufism
SpouseSally Mallam

Robert Evan Ornstein (August 21, 1942 – December 20, 2018) was an American psychologist, researcher and author.

He taught at the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, based at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, and was professor at Stanford University and founder and chairman of the Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge (ISHK).