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Kurt Koffka Medal

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The medal is notable among psychologists.

History

Kurt Koffka (18 March 1886 – 22 November 1941) was a German psychologist. He was born and educated in Berlin. Along with Max Wertheimer and his close associate Wolfgang Köhler they established Gestalt psychology. Koffka's wide-ranging interests included perception, hearing impairments in brain-damaged patients, interpretation, learning, and the extension of Gestalt theory to developmental psychology.

Each year since 2006, a committee of Giessen University Department of Psychology has sought nominations and decided on the recipient(s) of the award. The first medal was awarded in 2007 to Martin "Marty" Banks. The one exception was 2020, when the award ceremony was deferred to 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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