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Haan, Henry John de was born on November 23, 1920 in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. Son of Henry J. and Fanny (Haislip) de Haan.
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Henry John de Haan
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Henry John de Haan, American research psychologist. Achievements include research on perceptual and cognitive capacities of retarded children and adult psychotics, on effects of temperature on food intake and brain self stimulation (in the rat), on effects of ionizing radiation on primate perceptual and cognitive capacities, and research on speech technology and speech compression, including a speech-rate intelligibility threshold.
Education
AB, Washington University, St. Louis, 1942. AM, Washington University, St. Louis, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pittsburgh, 1960.
Career
Postdoctoral Coatesville VA Hospital, Pennsylvania, 1960—1962. Research scientist George Washington University, Washington, 1962—1964. Research psychologist Armed Forces Radiobiol.
Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, 1965—1969, United States Army Research Institute, Alexandria, Virginia, 1969—1986. External research professor Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University, Fairfax, 2001—2004. Member faculty United States Department of Agriculture Graduate School, Washington, 1967-1977.
Achievements
Membership
With United States Navy, 1944-1946, PTO. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (emeritus), APA (life), American Psychological Society, New York Academy Sciences(emeritus), Eastern Psychological Association (life), International Neuropsychol. Society (emeritus), Society Neurosci. (emeritus), United States Tennis Association (life), International Primatological Society (life), Psychonomic Society (life), Sigma Xi (emeritus).
Connections
Married Mary J. Farrell, October 22, 1943.
