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As professor of psychology at Binghamton University in New York, Peter Donovick ’61 is instilling his zeal for neuropsychology in others. Neuropsychology integrates psychological observations on behavior with neurological observations on the central nervous system.
“I was fortunate to have some good faculty and research experience at Lafayette,” says Donovick, who is now giving the same opportunity to students at Binghamton, Lafayette, and other institutions of higher learning. He recently gave a lecture on campus about human neuropsychology.
A member of the Lafayette Alumni Research Network, Donovick supervised Jennifer Katzenstein ’03, a neuroscience major, in an internship at Binghamton University’s environmental neuropsychology laboratory, which he directs. Katzenstein investigated information processing in persons with multiple sclerosis.
Donovick is spearheading research on multiple sclerosis, dementia, end-stage renal disease, bilingualism, and malingering. He recently completed a study on early detection of Alzheimer’s disease. A licensed psychologist, he serves as consulting neuropsychologist for Elmira Correctional Facility and Central New York Psychiatric Center.
A psychology graduate, Donovick earned a master’s and Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin. He conducted postdoctoral work in neuropsychology at Hershey Medical School and Hutchings Psychiatric Center. As a Fulbright Scholar, he received neurorehabilitation training at Recanati Rehabilitation Center in Tel Aviv, Israel.