Edgar Rubin
Encyclopedia
Edgar John Rubin was a Danish
psychologist
/phenomenologist
, remembered for his work on figure-ground perception as seen in such optical illusion
s like the Rubin vase
. He once worked as a research associate for Georg Elias Müller
.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
psychologist
Psychologist
Psychologist is a professional or academic title used by individuals who are either:* Clinical professionals who work with patients in a variety of therapeutic contexts .* Scientists conducting psychological research or teaching psychology in a college...
/phenomenologist
Phenomenology (psychology)
Phenomenology is an approach to psychological subject matter that has its roots in the philosophical work of Edmund Husserl. Early phenomenologists such as Husserl, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty conducted their own psychological investigations in the early 20th century...
, remembered for his work on figure-ground perception as seen in such optical illusion
Optical illusion
An optical illusion is characterized by visually perceived images that differ from objective reality. The information gathered by the eye is processed in the brain to give a perception that does not tally with a physical measurement of the stimulus source...
s like the Rubin vase
Rubin vase
Rubin's vase is a famous set of ambiguous or bi-stable two-dimensional forms developed around 1915 by the Danish psychologist Edgar Rubin...
. He once worked as a research associate for Georg Elias Müller
Georg Elias Müller
Georg Elias Müller was a significant early German experimental psychologist.-Biography:Born in Grimma, Saxony, he completed his doctorate in 1873 under the supervision of Hermann Lotze in Göttingen. He was also educated at the universities of Leipzig and Berlin...
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