to teach and work with the doctors of brain injury victims. Basmajian was a very early pioneer in the field of biofeedback, performing some of the earliest studies, using fine-wire EMG (Electromyographic) instrumentation to demonstrate that subjects could voluntarily control muscles, even at the single motor unit level, which is controlled by a single neuron in the spinal cord. He later authored a book on biofeedback, which, for several decades, was the definitive text on the subject. Today, with the advent of computers, the biofeedback techniques he pioneered are being applied to a wide variety of interactive programs designed to help individuals with neurological disorders. In 1991, he was awarded the Order of Ontario. In 1994, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for his "pioneering work in electromyography, which had a significant impact on the development of biofeedback techniques". John Basmajian died on the morning of March 18, 2008. He was survived by his wife Dora and his three children Haig, Nancy and Sally, their spouses Lynn, Mark and Kevin, and his grandchildren, Mathew, Colin, Jocelyn and Peter. References 1921 births 2008 deaths Canadian people of Armenian descent Canadian rehabilitation physicians Scientists from Ontario Emory University faculty McMaster University faculty Members of the Order of Ontario Officers of the Order of Canada Writers from Istanbul Queen's University at Kingston faculty Turkish emigrants to Canada Ethnic Armenian physicians University of Toronto alumni University of Toronto faculty Turkish people of Armenian descent Scientists from Georgia (U.S. state) 20th-century Canadian scientists 21st-century Canadian scientists