Kaplan (February 16, 1924 – September 3, 2009) was an American psychologist.
She was a pioneer of neuropsychological tests and did most of her work at the Boston VA Hospital.
Kaplan is known for her promotion of clinical neuropsychology as a specialty area in psychology.
She examined brain-behavioral relationships in aphasia, apraxia, developmental issues in clinical neuropsychology, as well as normal and abnormal aging.
Kaplan helped develop a new method of assessing brain function with neuropsychological assessment, called "The Boston Process Approach."As a graduate student Kaplan worked with Heinz Werner, and then collaborated further with Norman Geschwind and Harold Goodglass.