Cornelius Hendrik "Case" Vanderwolf (1935 – June 16, 2015) was a Canadian

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. Raised in the rural community of

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, Vanderwolf went on to earn a BSc from the

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and completed graduate work with Donald Hebb at

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, completing his PhD in 1962 (Buzsaki and Bland 2015). Following completion of his PhD, Case spent a year at the California Institute of Technology with Roger Sperry (1962–1963) and another year with Konrad Akert, the Founder of the Brain Research Institute of the University of Zurich (1963–1964). He published two books, ''An Odyssey Through the Brain, Behavior and Mind'' and ''The Evolving Brain: The Mind and the Neural Control of Behavior'', that provide an overview of his academic career and research findings. In 2000, he was awarded an honorary degree from the

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. He died unexpectedly in his home on June 16, 2015, in London, Ontario, at the age of 79.

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20110728034949/http://www.societyforqualityeducation.org/reports/SQE_Science_Report.pdf *https://web.archive.org/web/20110706201924/http://psyc.queensu.ca/~psyc371/pdf%20papers/vanderwolf98.pdf *http://communications.uwo.ca/com/western_news/stories/psychology_professor_to_receive_honorary_degree_20000317430553/ * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vanderwolf, Case Canadian neuroscientists Academic staff of the University of Western Ontario University of Alberta alumni McGill University alumni People from Lac Ste. Anne County Canadian people of Dutch descent 1935 births 2015 deaths