Marian Diamond
American neuroscientist
Marian Cleeves Diamond was an American neuroscientist. She and her team were the first to publish evidence that the brain can change with experience and improve with enrichment, what is now called neuroplasticity. She was a professor of anatomy at... Wikipedia
Born: November 11, 1926, Glendale, CA
Died: July 25, 2017 (age 90 years), Oakland, CA
Education: University of California, Berkeley (1953), University of Oslo (1948–1948), and Glendale Community College
Spouse: Arnold Bernard Scheibel (m. 1982–2017) and Richard Martin Diamond (m. 1950–1979)
Parents: Rosa Marian Wamphler Cleeves and Montague Cleeves
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Jul 30, 2017 · Dr. Diamond was considered a foundational figure in modern neuroscience. Crucially, she provided the first hard evidence demonstrating the ...
Jul 31, 2017 · A brilliant and inspiring professor. I'm so grateful to have had the opportunity to learn from her.
Major scientific contributions from Marian Diamond's laboratory are threefold: One, the structural components of the cerebral cortex can be altered by either.
Aug 17, 2017 · Marian Cleeves Diamond, a UC Berkeley neuroscientist who studied Albert Einstein's brain and was one of the first to show that the brain can ...