Kurt Goldstein

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academic author human neurologist psychiatrist

Kurt Goldstein was a German neurologist and psychiatrist known for his holistic approach to brain function and for pioneering ideas that helped shape humanistic psychology.

Aliases (3)

Human Nature in the Light of Psychopathology ×1
The Organism ×1
Thure von Uexküll ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → author → human → neurologist → psychiatrist →
academicDegree	doctorate in medicine →
author	Kurt Goldstein → Kurt Goldstein →
birthDate	1878-11-06 →
birthPlace	Katowice, Poland → Kattowitz, Prussia →
citizenship	German Empire → United States of America →
deathDate	1965-09-19 →
deathPlace	New York City, United States →
educatedAt	University of Breslau → University of Heidelberg → University of Kiel → University of Munich →
employer	Columbia University → Harvard University → Montefiore Hospital, New York → Neurological Institute at the University of Frankfurt → Tufts University → University of Frankfurt →
ethnicGroup	Jewish people →
familyName	Goldstein →
fieldOfWork	neurology → neuropsychology → philosophy of medicine → psychiatry →
givenName	Kurt →
influenced	Abraham Maslow → Gestalt therapy → humanistic psychology →
influencedBy	Gestalt psychology →
knownFor	concept of self-actualization in organismic terms → holistic approach to brain function → influence on humanistic psychology → organismic theory → studies of brain-injured patients →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → German →
name	Kurt Goldstein →
notableIdea	holistic rehabilitation of brain-injured patients → organism as a self-actualizing whole →
notableWork	Human Nature in the Light of Psychopathology → The Organism →
publicationDateOfWork	1934 →
religion	Judaism →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Human Nature in the Light of Psychopathology → The Organism →	author
Carl Rogers → humanistic psychology →	influencedBy
Kurt Goldstein →	name
Jakob von Uexkull ("Thure von Uexküll") →	relative