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Babcock, Harriet (1807–1952)

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Major Appointments

  • Manhattan State Hospital, New York, 1923–1925

  • New York University, New York, 1931–1952

Major Honors and Awards

  • Babcock was elected to the New York Academy of Science and was a Diplomate of the American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology.

Landmark Clinical, Scientific, and Professional Contributions

  • In the 1930s, Babcock began a longitudinal study of syphilitic patients, a project that was less notable for its outcomes (many of which were not subsequently replicated) than for its methodology. Classic neurological studies from the time of Paul Broca and Karl Wernicke were centered around clinical case observation. In a departure from this classic tradition, Babcock adopted the methods of scientific psychology to study the cognitive effects of neurological disease. Her research methods were well characterized and repeatable, she utilized standardized psychometric measures, and she incorporated normal control comparison groups in her research. Anticipating...

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  • Hartman, D. E. (1991). Reply to reitan: Unexamined premises and the evolution of clinical neuropsychology. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 6, 147–165.

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  • Stringer, A. Y., & Cooley, E. L. (2002). Neuropsychology: A twentieth-century science. In A. Y. Stringer, E. L. Cooley, & A.-L. Christensen (Eds.), Pathways to prominence in neuropsychology: Reflections of twentieth century pioneers (pp. 3–26). New York: Psychology Press.

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  1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University, 1441 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA

    Anthony Stringer

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  1. Richmond, Virgin Islands, USA

    Jeffrey Kreutzer

  2. Kessler Foundation , West Orange, New Jersey, USA

    John DeLuca

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    Bruce Caplan

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Stringer, A. (2017). Babcock, Harriet (1807–1952). In: Kreutzer, J., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56782-2_596-2

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