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Karl Duncker

Karl Duncker was a prominent Gestalt psychologist who conducted foundational research on problem-solving and cognitive obstacles. In 1945, he created the candle problem experiment to demonstrate functional fixedness and study how individuals overcome conventional constraints.

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