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Kurt-Koffka-Medal awarded to Prof. Roberta Klatzky |
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Monday, 06 December 2010 15:10 |
The Kurt-Koffka award is meant to honor scientists who advanced the fields of perception or developmental psychology to an extraordinary extent. The award reminds of Kurt Koffka, who is well-known as a pioneer of Gestalt Psychology, in particular in the fields of perception and child development. Koffka worked in Giessen for 16 years, from 1911 to 1927.
This was the fourth time that the Kurt-Koffka medal was awarded. In a ceremony that took place on November 24, 2010, Prof. Klatzky was honored for her work on perception.
The previous winners of the medal were Marty Banks (Berkeley, USA) in 2007 Claes von Hofsten (Uppsala) in 2008, and Janette Atkinson (London) and Oliver Braddick (Oxford) in 2009.
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