Ronald Melzack
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Ronald Melzack OC OQ FRSC (July 19, 1929 – December 22, 2019) was a Canadian psychologist and professor of psychology at McGill University.[1][2] In 1965, he and Patrick David Wall revolutionized[according to whom?] pain research by introducing the gate control theory of pain. In 1968, Melzack published an extension of the gate control theory, in which he asserted that pain is subjective and multidimensional because several parts of the brain contribute to it at the same time. During the mid-1970s, he developed the McGill Pain Questionnaire and became a founding member of the International Association for the Study of Pain. He also became the founding editor of Wall & Melzack's Textbook of Pain.
Ronald Melzack | |
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Born | (1929-07-19)July 19, 1929 |
Died | December 22, 2019(2019-12-22) (aged 90) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | McGill University |
Occupation(s) | Psychologist, Professor |
Melzack has received numerous honors including Prix du Québec (1994), the Order of Canada (1995), and the National Order of Quebec (2000). In 2010, he won the Grawemeyer Award for his research on the science of pain.[3]