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Daniel T. Tranel
Born (1957-10-20) October 20, 1957 (age 67)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Iowa (Doctor of Philosophy, Clinical Psychology, 1982)
University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, 1979)

Daniel T. Tranel (born October 20, 1957) is an American professor of neurology, psychological and brain sciences, and clinical neuropsychologist at the University of Iowa.[1] He has been recognized as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[2] While a graduate student at the University of Iowa, he helped establish the Iowa Neurological Patient Registry, which he currently directs.[3][4] The Iowa Neurological Patient Registry includes cases of unique brain injuries, such as Patient S.M.[5][6] and Patient E.V.R.[7] Tranel also directs the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience at the University of Iowa.[8] He serves as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology[9] and is a contributing author to the 5th edition of Neuropsychological Assessment, a classic textbook in neuropsychology used by most neuropsychologists.[10]

Tranel researches brain-behavior relationships in humans. He uses the lesion method, neuropsychological testing, and functional imaging (including PET and fMRI) to study topics such as retrieval of knowledge and words, emotion, decision-making, fact-processing, nonconscious processing, memory, and psychophysiology.[8] Tranel has authored over 600 research papers and been cited more than 80,000 times.[11] His discoveries include determining that nouns and verbs are stored in separate parts of the brain[12] and that patients with prosopagnosia have physical responses to familiar faces despite lack of conscious recognition.[13]

Tranel rejected the graduate school application of Aurora theater gunman James Holmes.[14][15]

On September 24, 2024 Tranel will be awarded the Daryl and Nancy Granner Distinguished Mentor Award by the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.[16][17] The announcement for his Distinguished Mentor Celebration states, "He has an outstanding record of selflessly mentoring students, post-doctoral trainees, and faculty.  He is an exceptional mentor whose mentees have gone on to distinguished careers of their own. He is also nationally and internationally recognized for his pioneering research in neuropsychology."[16][17] He has considerable influence over students' education and training as he holds positions of Associate Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and Senior Director of Clinical Neuropsychology Fellowship. As well as professorships in the Neurology, as well as Psychological and Brain Sciences.[1] Tranel is also a co-director of the iDREAM post-baccalaureate program in Neuroscience at University of Iowa.

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  1. ^ a b "Daniel Tranel | Department of Neurology". medicine.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  2. ^ "2017 AAAS Fellows Recognized for Advancing Science". AAAS - The World's Largest General Scientific Society. 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  3. ^ "Brain power". Iowa Now. 2013-03-15. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  4. ^ "Seeing the bright side of 'face blindness' | The Gazette". The Gazette. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  5. ^ Kim Carollo (December 16, 2010). "Woman Never Experiences Fear". ABC News. Archived from the original on December 19, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  6. ^ Feinstein, Justin S.; Adolphs, Ralph; Damasio, Antonio R.; Tranel, Daniel (2011-01-11). "The human amygdala and the induction and experience of fear". Current Biology. 21 (1): 34–38. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2010.11.042. ISSN 0960-9822. PMC 3030206. PMID 21167712.
  7. ^ Eslinger, P. J.; Damasio, A. R. (1985-12-01). "Severe disturbance of higher cognition after bilateral frontal lobe ablation: Patient EVR". Neurology. 35 (12): 1731–1741. doi:10.1212/WNL.35.12.1731. ISSN 0028-3878. PMID 4069365. S2CID 22373825.
  8. ^ a b "Daniel T Tranel, Ph.D. | Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience | Graduate College | The University of Iowa". neuroscience.grad.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  9. ^ "Editorial Board". Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  10. ^ Kapur, Narinder (2005). "Neuropsychological Assessment, Fourth Edition: Muriel D. Lezak, Diane B. Howieson and David W. Loring (Eds.) Oxford University Press, New York, USA, 2004, 1029 pp. Hardback, ISBN: 0-19-511121-4, £54.00". Journal of Neurology. 252 (10): 1290–1291. doi:10.1007/s00415-005-0003-0. ISSN 0340-5354. S2CID 23222365.
  11. ^ "Daniel Tranel, PhD". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  12. ^ Damasio, A. R.; Tranel, D. (1993-06-01). "Nouns and verbs are retrieved with differently distributed neural systems". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90 (11): 4957–4960. Bibcode:1993PNAS...90.4957D. doi:10.1073/pnas.90.11.4957. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 46632. PMID 8506341.
  13. ^ Tranel, D; Damasio, A. (1985-06-21). "Knowledge without awareness: an autonomic index of facial recognition by prosopagnosics". Science. 228 (4706): 1453–1454. Bibcode:1985Sci...228.1453T. doi:10.1126/science.4012303. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 4012303.
  14. ^ "U. of Iowa rejected Colorado shooting suspect". Fox News. Associated Press. August 30, 2012. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  15. ^ Deb Stanley; Alan Gathright (August 30, 2012). "James Holmes court case: Professor Daniel Tranel; 'Do NOT Offer Admission' to Holmes". WPTV-TV. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  16. ^ a b "Distinguished Mentor Award and Lecture". Carver College of Medicine Events. 2024-06-28. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  17. ^ a b "Distinguished Mentor Award and Lecture". Carver College of Medicine Research Events. 2024-06-28. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
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