Bluma Zeigarnik

Biography

Bluma Wulfovna Zeigarnik (Russian: Ð‘лю́ма Ву́льфовна Зейга́рник, IPA: [ˈblʲumÉ™ ˈvulʲfÉ™vnÉ™ zʲɪjˈɡarnʲɪk]; 9 November (27 October) 1900 – 24 February 1988) was a Sovietpsychologist and psychiatrist, a member of the Berlin School of experimental psychology and Vygotsky Circle. She discovered the Zeigarnik effect and contributed to the establishment of experimental psychopathology as a separate discipline in the Soviet Union in the post-World War II period.   

Research Interest

Bluma Wulfovna Zeigarnik (Russian: Ð‘лю́ма Ву́льфовна Зейга́рник, IPA: [ˈblʲumÉ™ ˈvulʲfÉ™vnÉ™ zʲɪjˈɡarnʲɪk]; 9 November (27 October) 1900 – 24 February 1988) was a Sovietpsychologist and psychiatrist, a member of the Berlin School of experimental psychology and Vygotsky Circle. She discovered the Zeigarnik effect and contributed to the establishment of experimental psychopathology as a separate discipline in the Soviet Union in the post-World War II period.