Frieda Goldman-Eisler

Frieda Goldman-Eisler (born Frymet Leib, also known as Frieda Eisler) (1907–1982) was a psychologist and pioneer in the field of psycholinguistics. a volume dedicated in her honor calls her "the modern pioneer of the science of pausology".

Life Goldman-Eisler was either born in Tarnów, Galicia She was the daughter of a manufacturer. After her marriage to Willy Goldman ended, she married Paul Eisler in 1950.

In the early 1950s, she began pausological experiments, and continued doing research in this area for the rest of her career. She cancelled presenting at a workshop in Kassel in 1978 due to illness, and died in 1982. while also studying psychology under Karl Bühler.

During World War II, Goldman-Eisler briefly worked for Mass Observation. She was also a research assistant for the BBC Listener Research Department from 1941 to 1946. In 1965 Goldman-Eisler was appointed a Reader at University College London, where she continued her career. She became the UK's first Professor of Psycholinguistics in 1970. She was eventually given the titles Emeritus Professor of Psycholinguistics and honorary Research Fellow at University College London.

Publications Leib, F. 1931. Die Gesellschaftssatire bei Nestroy. Goldman-Eisler, Frieda. 1968. Psycholinguistics: Experiments in spontaneous speech.