- Lüder Deecke
Dr. Lüder Deecke is a neurologist, neuroscientist, teacher and physician whose scientific discoveries have impacted brain research and the treatment of neurological disorders.
Retired from the department of neurology at the
University of Vienna in 2006, Deecke is head of theLudwig Boltzmann Institute for Functional Brain TopographyFact|date=February 2008 and is the author of many books and more than 500 publications in the fieldFact|date=February 2008.His early research with
Hans Helmut Kornhuber in the mid sixties led to the discovery of theBereitschaftspotential (or readiness potential), which is a measure ofneural activity in the brain that precedes voluntary movements. This discovery set an important standard inresearch and rehabilitation of motor control systems.huhFact|date=February 2008Awards and Recognitions
*2003
Dr. honoris causa ,Simon Fraser University ,Burnaby , B.C.,Canada *2000
Hans Berger Award of theGerman Society for Clinical Neurophysiology *1997
Hoechst Award *1990
Citation Classic ,Current Contents ,Institute for Scientific Information (Kornhuber & Deecke, Pflügers Arch. 284: 1-17, 1965)*1991
Distinguished Visiting Professor , Department of Neurology (Arnold Starr ) at theUniversity of California , Irvine,California ,USA .*1989
Dr. Herbert Reisner Award
*1982Distinguished Visiting Professor , Brain Behaviour Laboratory (Hall Weinberg ), Simon Fraser University.*1971 Scientific Award of the City of
Ulm ,Germany
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