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'''Arthur Lester Benton''' ([[October 16]], [[1909]] – [[December 27]], [[2006]]) was a neuropsychologist and Emeritus Professor of [[Neurology]] and [[Psychology]] at the [[University of Iowa]].
==Biography==
He received his A.B. from [[Oberlin College]] in 1931, his A.M. from Oberlin College in 1933 and his Ph.D. from [[Columbia University]] in 1935. He established a Neuropsychology Laboratory in the Neurology Department at the University of Iowa School of Medicine in the 1940s; the lab remains and now bears his name. He was the author of numerous books and the creator of a number of neuropsychological testing instruments, including the [[Benton Visual Retention Test]] (BVRT).
He died in [[Glenview, Illinois]] from complications of [[emphysema]].
== See also ==
*[[Neuropsychology]]
El laboratorio de Neuropsicología no lo pudo fundar en los años 40, porque fue a Iowa en 1948 al Departamento de Psicología,. El año 1958 pasa a ser profesor del departamento de Neuropsicología With the suport of Sahs and Van Allen, he stablished a neuropsychological laboratory in the Department of Neorology". American Psychologist, 1979, 34,(1),59.
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