21-Nov
2001
UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, NOVEMBER
2001. The World Cultural Council presented
the 2001 "Albert Einstein"
World Award of Science to Prof.
Niels Birbaumer, Professor of Medical
Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology at
the University of Tübingen, Germany.
The Award Ceremony took place at Utrecht,
The Netherlands, hosted by Utrecht University.
The
"Albert Einstein" World Award
of Science has been established as a means
of recognition and as an incentive to scientific
and technological research and development.
It takes intospecial consideration research
that has brought true benefit and well-being
to mankind.
This
recognition made by the members of the Interdisciplinary
Committee of the World Cultural Council to
Prof. Birbaumer is due to his many
contributions to Neurobiology, as well as
his pioneering work on the self-regulation
of slow cortical potentials and behavior.
It is a Prize granted to Prof. Birbaumer
for his years of productive work carried out
in the field of behavioral sciences and for
his contribution to the scientific legacy
of the world.
In
the field of behavioral medicine, Prof.
Birbaumer’s group is working on the
psychophysiological treatment of chronic pain.
The rigorously controlled studies have resulted
in the most effective treatment program for
lower back pain and migraine
reportedin literature to date.
His
laboratory is one of thethree largest worldwide
and is definitely the most productive and
internationally well-known in the field of
cortical psychophysiology.
Prof.
Birbaumer was born in Ottau, Czechoslovakiain
1945. He attended the University of Vienna
in 1963, and received his Ph.D. in Psychology
in 1969. Since 1975 he has been supervisor
of the German Society of Behavior Modification.
He is fellow of the Academy of Behavioral
Medicine Research and fellow of the Society
of Behavioral Medicine. The
scientific oeuvre of Prof. Birbaumer
consists of over 400 publications. He is the
author of three books and editor of eight.
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