[visionlist] Kurt-Koffka-Medal awarded to Concetta Morrone and David Burr

[Karl Gegenfurtner]

Dear colleagues,

we are proud to announce that the Department of Psychology at Giessen
University has awarded the Kurt-Koffka medal to Prof. Concetta Morrone 
(Pisa) and Prof. David Burr (Florence).

The Kurt-Koffka award is meant to honor scientists who advanced the
fields of perception or developmental psychology to an extraordinary
extent. The award reminds of Kurt Koffka, who is well-known as a pioneer of
Gestalt Psychology, in particular in the fields of perception and child
development. Koffka worked in Giessen for 16 years, from 1911 to 1927.

This was the fifth time that the Kurt-Koffka medal was awarded. In a
ceremony that took place on June 22, 2011, Profs. Morrone and Burr were
honored for their work on visual perception and its development.

The previous winners of the medal were Marty Banks (Berkeley, USA) in 2007 
Claes von Hofsten (Uppsala) in 2008, Janette Atkinson (London) and Oliver 
Braddick (Oxford) in 2009, and Roberta Klatzky (Pittsburgh) in 2010.

On behalf of the nominating committee for the Koffka medal,

Karl Gegenfurtner
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Prof. Karl Gegenfurtner, Abteilung Allgemeine Psychologie
Justus-Liebig-Universität, Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10, 35394 Giessen
phone:  +49 641 9926100	  mailto:gegenfurtner at uni-giessen.de
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