PSYCHOLOGIST

Julian Jaynes

1920 - 1997

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Julian Jaynes (February 27, 1920 – November 21, 1997) was an American psychologist at Yale and Princeton for nearly 25 years, best known for his 1976 book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. His career was dedicated to the problem of consciousness: "the difference between what others see of us and our sense of our inner selves and the deep feelings that sustain it. ... Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julian Jaynes has received more than 410,016 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Julian Jaynes is the 208th most popular psychologist (down from 189th in 2019), the 7,169th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,833rd in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Psychologist.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

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  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Julian Jaynes ranks 208 out of 235. Before him are Frank Rosenblatt, Carol Dweck, V. S. Ramachandran, Anatol Rapoport, Natalia Bekhtereva, and Gordon Neufeld. After him are Robin Dunbar, Neal E. Miller, Marie Jahoda, Nancy Chodorow, Lee Cronbach, and Richard Lynn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Julian Jaynes ranks 326. Before him are Claude Cheysson, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Marie Ljalková, An Wang, Liam Cosgrave, and Captain Tom. After him are Thomas Sebeok, Robert Lamoureux, Tatyana Makarova, Nida Senff, Gino Cappello, and Enzo Biagi. Among people deceased in 1997, Julian Jaynes ranks 234. Before him are Billie Dove, Zdeněk Mlynář, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, Luigi Cantone, Jean Dréville, and Qin Jiwei. After him are Jeane Dixon, Ferenc Sipos, Luther Allison, Mikel Koliqi, Matti Sippala, and Anne Stine Ingstad.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Julian Jaynes ranks 7,169 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Jay Lifton (1926), Courtney B. Vance (1960), Kathryn Hahn (1974), Tress MacNeille (1951), Bert Lahr (1895), and Phyllis Coates (1927). After him are Timothy B. Schmit (1947), Rachel Chagall (1952), Ellen S. Baker (1953), Robert Goulet (1933), Rudy Rucker (1946), and Peter Del Monte (1943).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Julian Jaynes ranks 70. Before him are Gustave Gilbert (1911), Sandra Bem (1944), Michael Tomasello (1950), John C. Lilly (1915), Karl Lashley (1890), and Frank Rosenblatt (1928). After him are Neal E. Miller (1909), Nancy Chodorow (1944), Lee Cronbach (1916), Christina Maslach (1946), Robert Yerkes (1876), and Judith Rich Harris (1938).

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