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Suzanne Corkin | |
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| Born | Suzanne Hammond May 18, 1937 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | May 24, 2016 (aged 79) Danvers, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Smith College (B.A.) McGill University (M.Sc., Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Studies of human memory; work with H.M. |
| Spouse | Charles Corkin (divorced) |
| Children | 3 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience Psychology |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Somesthetic function after focal cerebral damage in man (1964) |
| Doctoral advisor | Brenda Milner |
| Doctoral students | John Gabrieli Christopher I. Moore |
| Other notable students | Neal J. Cohen (postdoc) |
| Website | Archived Sept. 28, 2013 |
Suzanne Corkin (May 18, 1937 – May 24, 2016) was an American professor of neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT.[1] She was a leading scholar in neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience. She is best known for her research on human memory, which she studied in patients with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amnesia. She is also well known for studying H.M., a man with memory loss whom she met in 1962 and studied until his death in 2008.