Israeli psychologist who pioneered treatment for brain trauma, dies at 88
Born in Romania and raised in Israel, Ben-Yishay served in the Israel Defense Forces. “People who are optimistic and benevolent are more malleable to treatment."
Yehuda Ben-Yishay, shown with wife Myrna, said that memory, attention and reasoning could be relearned or strengthened after a brain injury.(photo credit: FACEBOOK/SETH BEN-YISHAY VIA JTA)ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
