Benjamin Libet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Benjamin Libet

American academic

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1916

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 23-Jul-2007

Profession: psychologist, neurologist, university teacher, neuroscientist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Benjamin Libet (; April 12, 1916 – July 23, 2007) was a pioneering scientist in the field of human consciousness.
Libet was a researcher in the physiology department of the University of California, San Francisco.
In 2003, he was the first recipient of the Virtual Nobel Prize in Psychology from the University of Klagenfurt, "for his pioneering achievements in the experimental investigation of consciousness, initiation of action, and free will".