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Gestalt theory is a broadly interdisciplinary general theory which provides a framework for a wide variety of psychological phenomena, processes, and applications. Human beings are viewed as open systems in active interaction with their environment. It is especially suited for the understanding of order and structure in psychological events, and has its origins in some orientations of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Ernst Mach, and particularly of Christian von Ehrenfels and the research work of Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Köhler, Kurt Koffka, and Kurt Lewin, who opposed the elementistic approach to psychological events, associationism, behaviorism, and to psychoanalysis. The coming to power of national socialism substantially interrupted the fruitful scientific development of Gestalt theory in the German-speaking world; Koffka, Wertheimer, Köhler and Lewin emigrated, or were forced to flee, to the United States.
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- Art, Design and Gestalt theory - by Roy Behrens, artist, writer, teacher.
- Gestalt Theoretical Psychology Links - Sonoma State University
- Gestalt Theory - Bi-lingual (German/English) quarterly journal of the Society for Gestalt Theory and its Applications. Contents and abstracts.
- Gestalt Theory Resources Center - A pointer to Gestalt theory related web-resources, including own resources like the Gestalt Theory Keywords section
- The Gestalt Therapy Page - Articles, history, bibliography, news about Gestalt therapy.
- Kubovy Perception Lab - In this lab Michael Kubovy and his colleagues are doing state of the art research to determine and define the Gestalt laws of perceptual organization as they manifest themselves in both the visual and auditory domains.
- Mach and Ehrenfels: Foundations of Gestalt Theory - by Kevin Mulligan and Barry Smith
- MicroGlyphics.com - This intent of this site is to provide a single concise gateway to various resources related to Archetypal (Depth) Psychology and its relationship with dreams and myth.
- Naive Physics: An Essay in Ontology - An essay about the link between early Gestalt psychology and contemporary developments in philosophy as well as in artificial intelligence research.
- Society for Gestalt Theory and its Applications (GTA) - Association established for the purpose of promoting the Gestalt-theoretical perspective in research and practice. Includes information, resources, and conferences.
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