James J. Gibson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James J. Gibson

American psychologist

Date of Birth: 27-Jan-1904

Place of Birth: McConnelsville, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 11-Dec-1979

Profession: psychologist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

James Jerome Gibson (; January 27, 1904 – December 11, 1979), was an American psychologist and one of the most important contributors to the field of visual perception.
Gibson challenged the idea that the nervous system actively constructs conscious visual perception, and instead promoted ecological psychology, in which the mind directly perceives environmental stimuli without additional cognitive construction or processing.
A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked him as the 88th most cited psychologist of the 20th century, tied with John Garcia, David Rumelhart, Louis Leon Thurstone, Margaret Floy Washburn, and Robert S.
Woodworth.