Peter Carpenter Dodwell | |
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Born | 1930 |
Died | 19 September 2006 |
Citizenship | Canadian |
Occupation | Psychologist |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Thesis | (1955) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Psychology |
Sub-discipline | Perceptual psychology |
Institutions | Queen's University at Kingston |
Peter Carpenter Dodwell also known as Peter Dodwell (1930-2006) was a Canadian psychologist who conducted sustained research on spatial vision..
Dodwell was born in India in 1930. He moved to England at an early age and completed his education there. He obtained degrees in philosophy and psychology from the University of Oxford. He then taught for three years at Birkbeck, University of London (1955-1958) and then moved to Canada where he worked in Queen's University at Kingston for the remainder of his career. [1] He was the Head of the Department of Psychology for nine years (1972-1981). He was elected President of the Canadian Psychological Association in 1985. [2]
He spent his whole academic career researching aspects of perception and vision. This included research on encoding, spatial form, pattern discrimination, perceptual development, and perceptual adaptation. He was best known for his research on the application of the Lie group to form perception. [3] He was the Founding North American editor of the journal Spatial Vision. [4] This journal published a special issue in 1994 recognising his contribution. [5]
He was also concerned about broader issues and in his retirement wrote a book about the spiritual basis for human culture and creativity [6]
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