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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Roger_ShepardRoger Shepard - Wikipedia

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   Roger Newland Shepard (January 30, 1929 – May 30, 2022) was an American cognitive scientist and author of the "universal law of generalization" (1987). He was ...

   • Died: May 30, 2022, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
   • Occupation: cognitive scientist

   • Born: Roger Newland Shepard, January 30, 1929, Palo Alto, California, U.S.

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3. news.stanford.edu › 2022/06/28 › roger-shepardRoger Shepard, pioneer in research on mental imagery, dies at 93

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   Jun 28, 2022 · Roger N. Shepard, the Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor, Emeritus, in Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences, known for his groundbreaking research on mental imagery, died May 30 at his home in ...

4. www.britannica.com › biography › Roger-ShepardRoger Shepard | Biography & Facts | Britannica

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   May 1, 2024 · Roger Shepard (born January 30, 1929, Palo Alto, California, U.S.—died May 30, 2022, Tucson, Arizona) was an American psychologist and cognitive scientist known for his work in multidimensional scaling, the use of spatial models to show similarities and dissimilarities between data. He received a Ph.D. from Yale University and later worked at ...

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6. news.stanford.edu › press-releases › 2022/06/28Roger Shepard, pioneer in research on mental imagery, dies at 93

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   Jun 28, 2022 · He was 93. Roger Shepard, 1929-2022 (Image credit: L.A. Cicero) Awarded the National Medal of Science in 1995, Shepard conducted pioneering research on how the mind creates internal ...

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Shepard_tablesShepard tables - Wikipedia

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   Shepard tables (also known as the Shepard tabletop illusion) are an optical illusion first published in 1990 as "Turning the Tables," by Stanford psychologist Roger N. Shepard in his book Mind Sights, a collection of illusions that he had created. [1] It is one of the most powerful optical illusions, typically creating length miscalculations of ...

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   What did Roger Shepard do?

   • Roger Shepard (born January 30, 1929, Palo Alto, California, U.S.—died May 30, 2022, Tucson, Arizona) American psychologist and cognitive scientist known for his work in multidimensional scaling, the use of spatial models to show similarities and dissimilarities between data.

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   What happened to Roger Shepard?

   • Shepard’s elephant sketches, now well known, led to his book Mind Sights: Original Visual Illusions, Ambiguities, and Other Anomalies, published in 1990. Photo: Linda A. Cicero/Stanford News Service Roger Shepard, professor emeritus of psychology and National Medal of Science recipient, died on May 30 of Parkinson’s disease. He was 93.

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   What did Roger Shepard see in 1974?

   • One morning in 1974, as Roger Shepard was not quite fully awake, a curious image came into his mind. It was an optical illusion of an elephant with four offset feet and five legs that disappeared into negative space. He began drawing and redrawing what he’d seen.

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   Who is Roger Newland Shepard?

   • The Guardian. Retrieved February 5, 2019. Famous impossible images include the Penrose staircase and this little beauty, courtesy of renowned cognitive scientist and author of Mind Sights, Roger Newland Shepard. With his usual love of a quick joke, Shepard entitled the illusion L'egs-istential Quandary.

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9. news.stanford.edu › report › teaserRoger Shepard, pioneer in research on mental imagery, has died

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   Jun 28, 2022 · Shepard, professor emeritus of psychology and a National Medal of Science winner, introduced techniques for quantifying mental processes and contributed to the fields of computer science, AI ...

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    Roger Shepard, who died in 2022, was a pioneer of cognitive psychology and a creator of original visual illusions. He used his imagination, dreams, and mathematical skills to explore the mechanisms of the mind and the perception of shapes.