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Born January 24, 1850 • Barmen • Germany
Died February 26, 1909 (aged 59) • Halle • Germany
Subjects Of Study memory • rote learning • measurement

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German-American psychologist
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American psychologist and neurologist
Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker
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G. Stanley Hall.
G. Stanley Hall
American psychologist
William McDougall
American psychologist
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James McKeen Cattell
American psychologist
Edward B. Titchener
American psychologist
Vladimir Bekhterev
Russian psychiatrist
Alfred Binet
Alfred Binet
French psychologist
David Wechsler
American psychologist
Frederic Bartlett
British psychologist
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George Trumbull Ladd
American psychologist and philosopher
Edwin G. Boring
American psychologist
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
German astronomer
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Karen Horney
German psychoanalyst
Max Wertheimer
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