Nicholas J Wade
Biographic Data
| ID | 978881 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas J Wade |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas J |
| FAMILY NAME | Wade |
| SIGNATURE | WADE N J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Dundee |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ross Henry Day 1927–2018
Ross Henry Day was an Australian experimental psychologist well known for his research on visual illusions and for his critical role in the establishment of experimental psychology in Australia. This role began with his creation of Australia’s first department of experimental psychology at Monash University in 1965. He also played a leading role in the formation of the Australian Psychological Society in 1966, and in the introduction to Australia…
Galileo's Visions: Piercing the Spheres of the Heavens by Eye and Mind
"In a fascinating and accessible style, Marco Piccolino and Nick Wade analyse the scientific and philosophical work of Galileo Galilei from the particular viewpoint of his approach to the senses (and especially vision) as a means of acquiring trustworthy knowledge about the constitution of the world. For Galileo evidence from the senses was potentially ambiguous, hence reliable information capable of penetrating the complexity of reality could on…
Sensory surprises
Continuing the argument of light reflection from earth and moon, this chapter is mainly devoted to presenting a famous mirror experiment staged by Galileo in the First Day of his masterpiece Dialogue concerning the two chief world systems, Ptolemaic & Copernican. The passages from the Dialogue devoted to this experiment play on the motif of the surprising deceptions of senses and on the counterintuitive character of the worldly reality. By simply…
Early studies of binocular and stereoscopic vision 1
The revolution in binocular vision (in the 1830s) was occasioned by Wheatstone's invention and application of the stereoscope to demonstrate depth from retinal disparity. The stereoscope, perhaps more than any other instrument, ushered in the era of experimentation to vision. It fulfilled the scientific desire to examine binocular vision by observation and experiment. The stereoscope is a simple optical device that presents slightly different fig…
Two historical strands in studying visual direction 1
How we see the direction of an object has been discussed since the time of Aristotle. Despite this early beginning, there are two strands of conflicting ideas on visual direction that remain to this day. The first strand is based on observation or phenomenology and generated the idea that the midpoint between the two eyes is the reference point for visual direction. The second strand is related to geometry or optics and generated the idea that th…
Richard Langton Gregory (1923–2010)
The lost direction in binocular vision: The neglected signs posted by Wells, Towne, and Leconte
Studies of vision have informed theories first in philosophy and then in psychology. Over the centuries, an increasing number of phenomena have been enlisted to refute or reinforce particular theories. Nowhere has this been more evident than in binocular vision. How we see a single world with two eyes is one of the oldest and most consistently studied topics in vision research. It has been discussed at least since the time of Aristotle and it has…
Cox’s chair: ‘A Moral and a Medical Mean in the Treatment of Maniacs’
Two hundred years ago Joseph Cox published his book on the treatment of insanity. His novel technique was rotating the body in a specially designed chair. Initially modest and later extravagant claims were made for the therapeutic benefit of ‘Cox’s chair’. It was widely adopted in Europe in the first decades of the nineteenth century, but lost favour thereafter. Its benefits have proved to be scientific rather than medical because it was adopted …
Sound and Sight: Acoustic Figures and Visual Phenomena
The impact that the analysis of sound waves has made on theories of light is well known, and is touched upon here. However, the acoustic figures described initially by Robert Hooke in 1665 and in more detail by Ernst Chladni in 1787 (often referred to as Chladni figures) were instrumental in vision in two specific respects. First, their representation by Tyndall [1867 Sound. A Course of Eight Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great B…
Surveying the seen: 100 Years of British vision
Perceptual phenomena and their interpretations have fashioned the course of psychology. This article surveys how theories of visual perception and methodologies have developed during the lifetime of the British Psychological Society. The experimental study of vision was instigated by British natural philosophers in the early nineteenth century but this impetus was not maintained thereafter. Not until the 1930s and 1940s did research on perception…
Leonardo da Vinci's Struggles with Representations of Reality
Virtual reality systems seek to simulate real scenes so that they will be seen as three-dimensional. The issues at the heart of virtual reality are old ones. Leonardo da Vinci struggled with the differences between the perception of a scene and a painting of it, which he reduced to the differences between binocular and monocular vision. He could not produce on canvas what, in the terminology of Ames, was an equivalent configuration. This was prov…
Professor Wade comments
Jean Theophile Desaguliers (1683-1744) and eighteenth century vision research
The emergence of psychology as an empirical discipline was influenced to a great extent by experimental investigations of visual phenomena, particularly in the nineteenth century. Less attention has been paid to experimental enquiries conducted in the eighteenth century, especially those of Jean Theophile Desaguliers (1683-1744). He was an ardent advocate of Newtonian optics, on which he lectured and gave demonstrations. His research on colour an…
Bright colors falsely seen: Synaesthesia and the search for transcendental knowledge
Visual Perception
New Perspectives on the American Past: Historical Perspectives (Library of the History of Psychology Theories)
"The understanding of perception is central to our knowledge of the mind. Yet paradoxically, this understanding was born of centuries of fascination with errors of human perception. Perception and Illusion: Historical Perspectives elegantly retraces this scientific journey, not only in terms of its trials and errors but in its complex relationships with painting and medicine, philosophy and physics." "In this accessible volume, Nicholas Wade surv…
Ross Henry Day 1927–2018
Ross Henry Day was an Australian experimental psychologist well known for his research on visual illusions and for his critical role in the establishment of experimental psychology in Australia. This role began with his creation of Australia’s first department of experimental psychology at Monash University in 1965. He also played a leading role in the formation of the Australian Psychological Society in 1966, and in the introduction to Australia…
Sound and Sight: Acoustic Figures and Visual Phenomena
The impact that the analysis of sound waves has made on theories of light is well known, and is touched upon here. However, the acoustic figures described initially by Robert Hooke in 1665 and in more detail by Ernst Chladni in 1787 (often referred to as Chladni figures) were instrumental in vision in two specific respects. First, their representation by Tyndall [1867 Sound. A Course of Eight Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great B…
Leonardo da Vinci's Struggles with Representations of Reality
Virtual reality systems seek to simulate real scenes so that they will be seen as three-dimensional. The issues at the heart of virtual reality are old ones. Leonardo da Vinci struggled with the differences between the perception of a scene and a painting of it, which he reduced to the differences between binocular and monocular vision. He could not produce on canvas what, in the terminology of Ames, was an equivalent configuration. This was prov…
Jean Theophile Desaguliers (1683-1744) and eighteenth century vision research
The emergence of psychology as an empirical discipline was influenced to a great extent by experimental investigations of visual phenomena, particularly in the nineteenth century. Less attention has been paid to experimental enquiries conducted in the eighteenth century, especially those of Jean Theophile Desaguliers (1683-1744). He was an ardent advocate of Newtonian optics, on which he lectured and gave demonstrations. His research on colour an…
New Perspectives on the American Past: Historical Perspectives (Library of the History of Psychology Theories)
"The understanding of perception is central to our knowledge of the mind. Yet paradoxically, this understanding was born of centuries of fascination with errors of human perception. Perception and Illusion: Historical Perspectives elegantly retraces this scientific journey, not only in terms of its trials and errors but in its complex relationships with painting and medicine, philosophy and physics." "In this accessible volume, Nicholas Wade surv…
Visual Perception
Bright colors falsely seen: Synaesthesia and the search for transcendental knowledge
Professor Wade comments
Jean Theophile Desaguliers (1683-1744) and eighteenth century vision research
The emergence of psychology as an empirical discipline was influenced to a great extent by experimental investigations of visual phenomena, particularly in the nineteenth century. Less attention has been paid to experimental enquiries conducted in the eighteenth century, especially those of Jean Theophile Desaguliers (1683-1744). He was an ardent advocate of Newtonian optics, on which he lectured and gave demonstrations. His research on colour an…
Surveying the seen: 100 Years of British vision
Perceptual phenomena and their interpretations have fashioned the course of psychology. This article surveys how theories of visual perception and methodologies have developed during the lifetime of the British Psychological Society. The experimental study of vision was instigated by British natural philosophers in the early nineteenth century but this impetus was not maintained thereafter. Not until the 1930s and 1940s did research on perception…
Leonardo da Vinci's Struggles with Representations of Reality
Virtual reality systems seek to simulate real scenes so that they will be seen as three-dimensional. The issues at the heart of virtual reality are old ones. Leonardo da Vinci struggled with the differences between the perception of a scene and a painting of it, which he reduced to the differences between binocular and monocular vision. He could not produce on canvas what, in the terminology of Ames, was an equivalent configuration. This was prov…
Cox’s chair: ‘A Moral and a Medical Mean in the Treatment of Maniacs’
Two hundred years ago Joseph Cox published his book on the treatment of insanity. His novel technique was rotating the body in a specially designed chair. Initially modest and later extravagant claims were made for the therapeutic benefit of ‘Cox’s chair’. It was widely adopted in Europe in the first decades of the nineteenth century, but lost favour thereafter. Its benefits have proved to be scientific rather than medical because it was adopted …
Sound and Sight: Acoustic Figures and Visual Phenomena
The impact that the analysis of sound waves has made on theories of light is well known, and is touched upon here. However, the acoustic figures described initially by Robert Hooke in 1665 and in more detail by Ernst Chladni in 1787 (often referred to as Chladni figures) were instrumental in vision in two specific respects. First, their representation by Tyndall [1867 Sound. A Course of Eight Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great B…
The lost direction in binocular vision: The neglected signs posted by Wells, Towne, and Leconte
Studies of vision have informed theories first in philosophy and then in psychology. Over the centuries, an increasing number of phenomena have been enlisted to refute or reinforce particular theories. Nowhere has this been more evident than in binocular vision. How we see a single world with two eyes is one of the oldest and most consistently studied topics in vision research. It has been discussed at least since the time of Aristotle and it has…
Richard Langton Gregory (1923–2010)
Early studies of binocular and stereoscopic vision 1
The revolution in binocular vision (in the 1830s) was occasioned by Wheatstone's invention and application of the stereoscope to demonstrate depth from retinal disparity. The stereoscope, perhaps more than any other instrument, ushered in the era of experimentation to vision. It fulfilled the scientific desire to examine binocular vision by observation and experiment. The stereoscope is a simple optical device that presents slightly different fig…
Two historical strands in studying visual direction 1
How we see the direction of an object has been discussed since the time of Aristotle. Despite this early beginning, there are two strands of conflicting ideas on visual direction that remain to this day. The first strand is based on observation or phenomenology and generated the idea that the midpoint between the two eyes is the reference point for visual direction. The second strand is related to geometry or optics and generated the idea that th…
Galileo's Visions: Piercing the Spheres of the Heavens by Eye and Mind
"In a fascinating and accessible style, Marco Piccolino and Nick Wade analyse the scientific and philosophical work of Galileo Galilei from the particular viewpoint of his approach to the senses (and especially vision) as a means of acquiring trustworthy knowledge about the constitution of the world. For Galileo evidence from the senses was potentially ambiguous, hence reliable information capable of penetrating the complexity of reality could on…
Sensory surprises
Continuing the argument of light reflection from earth and moon, this chapter is mainly devoted to presenting a famous mirror experiment staged by Galileo in the First Day of his masterpiece Dialogue concerning the two chief world systems, Ptolemaic & Copernican. The passages from the Dialogue devoted to this experiment play on the motif of the surprising deceptions of senses and on the counterintuitive character of the worldly reality. By simply…
Ross Henry Day 1927–2018
Ross Henry Day was an Australian experimental psychologist well known for his research on visual illusions and for his critical role in the establishment of experimental psychology in Australia. This role began with his creation of Australia’s first department of experimental psychology at Monash University in 1965. He also played a leading role in the formation of the Australian Psychological Society in 1966, and in the introduction to Australia…
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