Merlin Donald, Date of Birth

Merlin Donald

Canadian psychologist

Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1939

Profession: psychologist, neuroscientist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Merlin Wilfred Donald (born November 17, 1939) is a Canadian psychologist, neuroanthropologist, and cognitive neuroscientist, at Case Western Reserve University.
He is noted for the position that evolutionary processes need to be considered in determining how the mind deals with symbolic information and language.
In particular, he suggests that explicit, algorithmic processes (the computational theory of mind) may be inadequate to understanding how the mind worksHe is also known as the proponent of the mimetic theory of speech origins.