Wertheimer's “Über das Denken der Naturvölker”
Wertheimer's “Über das Denken der Naturvölker”
Wertheimer's “Über das Denken der Naturvölker”
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3. One step backWe celebrate here the centennial of thebirth of Gestalt Psychology.Indeed, one Century ago Max Wertheimerpublished his celebrated paper on phiphenomenon.What is often neglected is that beforeWertheimer carried on someethnopsychological research, alsoimportant for the story ofGestaltpsychologie.