Teresa Pinto-Hamuy

María Teresa Pinto Hamuy ( Pinto Santa Cruz; 5 April 1921 – 13 November 2004) was a Chilean neuroscientist. Born to the family of president of Chile Aníbal Pinto, she obtained her medical degree at the University of Chile and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship as part of her postdoctoral research, and she later became known as a pioneer in physiological psychology, with her work as an academic at the University of Chile including her organization of the first physiological psychology course and several of the university's psychology laboratories.

Biography María Teresa Pinto Santa Cruz was born on 5 April 1921 in the neighbourhood in La Cruz, Chile, the fourth of five children of social worker Inés ( Santa Cruz) and rancher Anibal Pinto del Río. and her great-grandfather was Aníbal Pinto, president of Chile from 1876 to 1881. The Chilean journal Biological Research dedicated an issue to her.