William T. Greenough, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William T. Greenough

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1944

Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, United States

Date of Death: 08-Dec-2013

Profession: psychologist, neuroscientist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

William Tallant Greenough (October 11, 1944 – December 18, 2013) was a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Greenough was a pioneer in studies of neural development and brain plasticity.
He studied learning and memory and the brain's responses to environmental enrichment, exercise, injury, and aging.
He demonstrated that the brain continues to form new synaptic connections between nerve cells throughout life in response to environmental enrichment and learning.
This mechanism is fundamental to learning and memory storage in the brain.
Greenough is regarded as the predominant researcher in this area and has been described as "one of the towering figures in neuroscience".