Michael Wertheimer (psychologist)
Michael Wertheimer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Michael Matthew Wertheimer March 20, 1927 |
| Died | December 23, 2022 (aged 95) |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | Swarthmore College Johns Hopkins University Harvard University |
| Spouses |
Nancy MacKaye
(m. 1950; div. 1965)Marilyn Schuman (m. 1970) |
| Awards | American Psychological Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award (1983) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Thesis | A study of normal threshold variations in time (1952) |
Michael Matthew Wertheimer (March 20, 1927 – December 23, 2022) was a German-born American psychologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado Boulder. His research focused on cognition, psycholinguistics, and the history of psychology, among other areas.