Background
GARNER, Wendell was born on January 21, 1921 in Buffalo, New York, United States. Son of Richard Charles and Lena Cole Gamer.
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The Processing of Information and Structure
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First published in 1974. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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- Processing of Information and Structure (The Experimental psychology series) (First published in 1974. Routledge is an imprint of Taylo...)
Wendell Richard Richard Garner
Edit Profilepsychologist and university professor
Wendell R. Garner was a Yale University psychology researcher credited with making significant contributions to the cognitive revolution, in which George Miller and others applied emerging research from the fields of artificial intelligence and computer science to test ideas about human mental processes.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Franklin and Marshall College, 1942; Doctor of Science, Franklin and Marshall College, 1979; A.M., Harvard University, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1946; A.M. (honorary), Yale University, 1967; Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Johns Hopkins University, 1983.
Career
After graduating, he went on to Harvard University where he received a master"s degree in 1943 and a doctoral degree in 1946. He met his spouse Barbara Ward Garner while working at Harvard"s radar laboratory during World World War World War II In 1946, Garner moved to Baltimore to join the faculty of The Johns Hopkins University and from 1954 to 1964 chaired the school"s psychology department, also serving as director the Institute for Cooperative Research that existed at the time. In 1967, Garner joined Yale"s faculty as the James Rowland Angell Professor of Psychology, in time becoming chair of the Department of Psychology.
Garner"s research helped crystallize concepts like channel capacity as applied to the cognitive revolution.
According to the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences, he was best known for his Uncertainty and Structure as Psychological Concepts, first published in 1962, which extended information theory into the field of psychology. His 1974 book The Processing of Information and Structure, which addressed pattern perception and dimensional interaction.
And Applied Experimental Psychology, a textbook he coauthored in 1949. In retirement, Garner and his spouse Barbara lived in Redding, Connecticut.
He died August 14, 2008.
Achievements
Works
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The Processing of Information and Structure
(First published in 1974. Routledge is an imprint of Taylo...)
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Processing of Information and Structure (The Experimental psychology series)
(First published in 1974. Routledge is an imprint of Taylo...)
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The Processing of Information and Structure
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president psychology 1967), American Psychological Association (Distinguished Science Contribution award 1964, president division experimental psychology 1974), American Psychological Society (William James fellow 1989), Acoustical Society of America. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Association of University Professors, Society Experimental Psychologists (chairman 1959, 75, Warren medal 1976), Maryland Psychological Association (president 1961-1962), Eastern Psychological Association, Sigma Xi.
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Married Barbara Chipman Ward, February 18, 1944. Children: Deborah Ann, Peter Ward, Elinor.
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Nationality
United States
Awards
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the Warren Medal; Arts and Sciences; the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal Garner won multiple awards during his career, including election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1965; the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award; the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal for Science of Psychology; the Warren Medal from the Society of Experimental Psychologists; Yale's Wilbur Cross Medal; and an honorary degree from Johns Hopkins.the Warren Medal; Arts and Sciences; the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal Garner won multiple awards during his career, including election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1965; the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award; the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal for Science of Psychology; the Warren Medal from the Society of Experimental Psychologists; Yale's Wilbur Cross Medal; and an honorary degree from Johns Hopkins.
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the Warren Medal; Arts and Sciences; the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal Garner won multiple awards during his career, including election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1965; the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award; the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal for Science of Psychology; the Warren Medal from the Society of Experimental Psychologists; Yale's Wilbur Cross Medal; and an honorary degree from Johns Hopkins.the Warren Medal; Arts and Sciences; the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal Garner won multiple awards during his career, including election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1965; the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award; the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal for Science of Psychology; the Warren Medal from the Society of Experimental Psychologists; Yale's Wilbur Cross Medal; and an honorary degree from Johns Hopkins.