Kurt Koffka
(1886-1941)
Koffka studied at the University of Berlin where he received his PhD in experimental psychology. Koffka, who favored a holistic approach to perception and cognition, shared a laboratory with Wertheimer and Kohler as he studied visual perception and the effects on memory and thinking. Koffka left in 1911 to become a lecturer at the University of Giessen. However, he maintained his relationship with Wertheimer and Kohler and wrote frequently for the Gestalt journal which the three men founded. In 1924, Koffka left Germany to become a visiting professor at Cornell University and later at the University of Wisconsin. In 1927, Koffka was appointed as a professor at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts where he stayed until his death. Koffka is best known for his research on visual perceptions and the organization of wholes in learning (Lakshmanan, nd)
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