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Eleanor Rosch (once known as Eleanor Rosch Heider;[1] born 9 July 1938[2])[3] is an American psychologist. She is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley,[4] specializing in cognitive psychology and primarily known for her work on categorization, in particular her prototype theory, which has profoundly influenced the field of cognitive psychology. Throughout her work Rosch has conducted extensive research focusing on a range of topics, including semantic categorization, mental representation of concepts, and linguistics.[5] Her research interests include cognition, concepts, causality, thinking, memory, and cross-cultural, and Eastern and religious psychology. Her more recent work in the psychology of religion has sought to show the implications of Buddhism and contemplative aspects of Western religions for modern psychology. Rosch was born in New York City, the daughter of an English teacher from England and a mother who was a Russian refugee.[6] She comple

Eleanor Rosch - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Professor of psychology [[Harvard University]] ([[PhD]])"},"work_institution":{"wt":"[[University of California, Berkeley]]<br>[[Brown University]]<br>[[Connecticut College]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> Eleanor Rosch Rosch in 2012 Born Eleanor Rosch ( 1938-07-09 ) 9 July 1938 (age 88) Education Reed College ( BA ) Harvard University ( PhD ) Scientific career Fields Cognitive science , psychology Institutions University of California, Berkeley Brown University Connecticut College Eleanor Rosch (once known as Eleanor Rosch Heider

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