Leo Postman
Leo Postman · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Psychologist known for research on perception and memory
1918, Saint Petersburg, Russia — 2004
Russia · United States
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Postman was a Russian-born American psychologist at Berkeley recognized for his experimental research on perception, motivation and human memory; with Gordon Allport he wrote The Psychology of Rumor (1947), and he founded Berkeley's Institute of Human Learning. Born into a Jewish family in Saint Petersburg, he emigrated as a child to New York City.
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Psychologist known for research on perception and memory
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