Hedwig von Restorff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German psychologist
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Place of Birth: Berlin
About Hedwig von Restorff
- Hedwig von Restorff (December 14, 1906, Berlin – 1962) is best known for her discovery of the von Restorff effect or isolation effect. Hedwig von Restorff attended the University of Berlin where she would also obtain her PhD.
- Von Restorff studied and practiced psychology according to Gestalt traditions.
- During her psychological career, von Restorff worked at the University of Berlin as a postdoctoral assistant to Wolfgang Köhler.
- During her time at the University of Berlin, von Restorff published two papers.
- The first touched on her findings of the isolation paradigm experiments ran in 1933, while the second was co-authored with Köhler.
- Her writings have never been published in English which has caused some work to be lost due to secondary accounts.
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