Dietrich Dörner (born 28 September 1938, Berlin) is emeritus professor for General and Theoretical
Psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...
at the Institute of Theoretical Psychology at the
Otto-Friedrich University in
Bamberg
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, Germany.
In 1986, he received the
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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, which is the highest honour awarded in German research.
The
cognitive architecture Psi-Theory is developed under his guidance.
Books
*''The Logic of Failure: Recognizing And Avoiding Error in Complex Situations'' (, 1996,
Perseus Publishing)
*''Bauplan für eine Seele'' (lit.: Blueprint for a Soul, available in German language only), Reinbek: Rowohlt, 2001 ().
*''Die Mechanik des Seelenwagens'' (lit: Mechanics of the soul's cart, available in German language only), Bern: Huber, 2002 ().
References
External links
Dietrich Dörner at the Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
1938 births
Living people
German psychologists
Academic staff of the University of Bamberg
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winners
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