CodeBPS/GB/182
NameRoss; Helen Elizabeth (1935-); FBPsS, CPsychol, FRSE
ForenamesHelen Elizabeth
SurnameRoss
Dates1935-
EpithetFBPsS, CPsychol, FRSE
Parallel NameH E Ross
Other NamesHelen Ross
GenderFemale
NationalityBritish
DatesAndPlacesBermondsey Secondary School, London 1959-1960
Sunnymeade House School, Oxford 1960
Eynsham County Primary School, Oxfordshire 1961
Psychological Laboratory, University of Cambridge 1961-1965
University of Hull 1965-1968
University of Stirling 1969-current
European Space Agency and Royal Society at the DFVLR Institut fur Flugmedizin, Bonn (leave of absence form Stirling) 1980-1981
Consultant on the Scientist-in-the-Sea programme at Panama City, Florida 1972
Summer school on Perception at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario Canada 1974
AddressStirling, Scotland
ActivityDate of Birth: 02/12/1935
Place of Birth: London

University and Professional Training:
University of Oxford, BA Psychology and Philosophy, 1955-1959
University of Cambridge, PhD Psychology, 1961-1965
University of the Highlands and Islands, Cert HE Gaelic 2006-2007

Professional career:
Assistant Mistress at Bermondsey Secondary School, London 1959-1960
Assistant Mistress at Sunnymeade House School, Oxford 1960
Assistant Mistress at Eynsham County Primary School, Oxfordshire 1961
Research Assistant to R.L.Gregory at the Psychological Laboratory, University of Cambridge 1961-1963
Research Student, Psychological Laboratory, Newnham College, University of Cambridge, 1963-1965
Assistant Lecturer in Psychology, University of Hull 1965-1966
Lecturer in Psychology, University of Hull 1966-1968
Lecturer in Psychology, University of Stirling 1969-1972
Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Stirling 1972-1983
Research Fellow, European Space Agency and Royal Society at the DFVLR Institut fur Flugmedizin, Bonn (leave of absence form Stirling) 1980-1981
Reader in Psychology, University of Stirling 1983-1990
Leverhulme Fellowship, University of Stirling 1983-1984
Part-time Reader in Psychology, University of Stirling 1990-1994
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Stirling 1994-1997
Honorary Reader, University of Stirling 1997-
Student at Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Skye (An Cursa Comais, Cert.HE) 2006-2007
Extra-Mural
Lectured as a consultant on the Scientist-in-the-Sea programme at Panama City, Florida 1972
Taught at summer school on Perception at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario Canada 1974

Involvement with BPS and/or other societies and organisations (selected):
Fellow BPS, 1986
BPS Chartered Psychologist, 1988
BPS Scottish Branch Committee, 1973-1975
Convenor of Fechner Symposium, as part of the BPS History and Philosophy of Psychology Conference, Ilkley 1987
Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1990, Meetings Secretary 1993-1994, Fellowship Secretary, 1994-1997
Committee Member, Experimental Psychology Society (nd), Treasurer 1975-1976
Member, Applied Vision Association (nd)
Committee Member, International Society for Psychophysics 1989-93, Chair 1991-1993
Member, Society for Underwater Technology (nd)
Fellow and Member, Institute of Contemporary Scotland (nd)
Historian of the the International Society of Psychophysics 1985-1989
Board, Gaelic Learners' Association 2005-2009.

Sources: H E Ross' CV.

Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre.
PublishedWorksSelected publications:

Books
Ross, H.E. and Plug, C. The mystery of the moon illusion: Exploring size perception. Oxford:Oxford University Press, 2002
Ross, H.E. and Murray, D.J. E.H. Weber on the Tactile Senses. Hove: Erlbaum (UK) Taylor & Francis, 1996. (Second edition).
Ross, H.E. Behaviour and Perception in Strange Environments. London: Allen and Unwin, 1974.


Papers on Size Perception and the Moon Illusion


Ross, H.E. & Cowie, A. The moon illusion in children's drawings. International Journal of Arts and Technology, 2010, 3, Nos 2/3, 275-287. pdf
Ross, H.E. Context effects in the scaling and discrimination of size. In: Berglund, B. & Borg, E. (Eds). Fechner Day 2003. Stockholm: International Society for Psychophysics, 2003, 257-262. pdf

Ross, H.E. Levels of processing in the size-distance paradox. Ch.8 in Harris, L.R & Jenkin, M. (Eds.) Levels of perception (pp. 143-162). New York: Springer Verlag, 2002. pdf
Ross, H.E. Cleomedes (c.1st century AD) on the celestial illusion, atmospheric enlargement, and size-distance invariance. Perception 2000, 29, 863-871. pdf
Ross, H.E. Ancient size scaling. In: Bonnet, C. (Ed) Fechner Day 2000 (pp. 309-314). Proceedings of the 16th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics. Strasbourg: Université Louis Pasteur. pdf
Ross, H.E. and Plug, C. The history of size constancy and size illusions. Chapter 18 in: Walsh, V. & Kulikowski, J.J. (Eds.) Perceptual Constancy: Why things look as they do. (pp. 499-528). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. pdf
Ross, H.E., Craven, B.J. & Pascal, E. Changes in perceived image size after PRK surgery. Bulletin of the Applied Vision Association, 1997, Issue 120, 21-22. pdf
Plug, C. and Ross, H.E. The natural moon illusion: a multi-factor angular account. Perception, 1994, 23, 321-333. pdf
Plug, C. and Ross, H.E. Historical review of the moon illusion. Ch.2 in: Hershenson, M. (Ed.) The Moon Illusion (pp.5-27). Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1989. pdf


Ross, H.E. Visual-vestibular interaction in size perception. Report to the Visual Research Trust. Dept. of Psychology, University of Stirling, July, 1982. pdf
Ross, H.E. and Ross, G.M. Did Ptolemy understand the moon illusion? Perception, 1976, 5, 377-385. pdf
Mollon, J.D. and Ross, H.E. Gregory on the Sun Illusion. Perception, 1975, 4, 115-118. pdf
Ross, H.E. Mist, murk and visual perception. New Scientist, 1975, 66, 658-660. pdf
Ross, H.E. Water, fog and the size-distance invariance hypothesis. British Journal of Psychology, 1967, 58, 301-313. pdf
Gregory, R.L. and Ross, H.E. Visual constancy during movement: 1. Effects of S's forward and backward movement on size constancy. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1964, 18, 3-8. pdf
Gregory, R.L. and Ross, H.E. Visual constancy during movement: 2. Size constancy using one or both eyes or proprioceptive information. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1964, 18, 23-26.pdf

Papers on Outdoor Perception

O'Shea, R.P. & Ross, H.E. (2007) Judgments of visually perceived eye level (VPEL) in outdoor scenes: Effects of slope and height. Perception, 2007, 36, 1168-1178. pdf

Ross, H.E. Judgements of frontal slope in in nearby outdoor scenes. In: Kornbrot, D.E., Msetfi, R.M., MacRae, A.W.(Eds.) Fechner Day 2006 (pp.257-262). St Albans, UK: International Society for Psychophysics. pdf

Ross, H.E., Nawaz, S. & O'Shea, R.P. Judgements of eye level in outdoor scenes. In: Brookhuis, K.A., de Waard, D., Weikert, C. M. Proceedings of Europe Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Martlesham Heath, UK, Nov.11-12, 1999. Maastricht, NL: Shaker Publishing, 2000, 11-14. pdf
Ross, H.E. Environment, age and frontal slope perception. In: Grondin, S. & Lacouture, Y. (Eds.) Fechner Day 98 (pp. 332-337). Proc. 14th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics. Quebec, Canada: The International Society for Psychophysics, 1998. pdf

Ross, H.E. Scaling the heights. Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal, 1994, XXXV (No.185), 402-410. pdf

Ross, H.E. Orientation anisotropy: Some caveats in interpreting group differences and developmental changes. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 1992, 12, 215-219. pdf
Ross, H.E. and Shehab, N. Environmental and developmental factors in geometrical illusions. In: Lockhead, G.R (Ed.) Fechner Day '91 (pp. 209-214) Proc. 7th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics, Durham, N.C. 1991. pdf
Ross, H.E. Environmental influences on geometrical illusions. In: Müller, F. (Ed.) Fechner Day '90, (pp. 216-221). Wurzburg: International Society for Psychophysics, 1990. pdf

McLeod, R.W. and Ross, H.E. Optic flow and cognitive factors in time-to-collision estimates. Perception, 1983, 12, 417-423. pdf

Underwater Perception and Performance
Ross, H.E. Do judgements of distance and greyness follow the physics of aerial perspective? In: A.Garriga Trillo, P.R. Minon, C. Garcia-Gallego, P. Lubin, J.M. Merino and A. Villarino (Eds.), Fechner Day '93 (pp. 233-238). Palma de Mallorca, Spain: International Society for Psychophysics, 1993. pdf

Ross, H.E. Orientation and movement in divers. In: Warren, R, and Wertheim, A.H. (Eds) The perception and control of self motion. Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 1990, 463-486. pdf

Emmerson, P. and Ross, H.E. Variation in colour constancy with visual information in the underwater environment. Acta Psychologica, 1987, 65, 101-113. pdf

Emmerson, P. and Ross, H.E. The effect of brightness on colour recognition under water. Ergonomics, 1986, 29, 1647-1658. pdf
Emmerson, P. and Ross, H. Colour constancy with change of viewing distance under water. Perception, 1985, 14, 349-358.pdf

Wells, M.J. and Ross, H.E. Distortion and adaptation in underwater sound localization. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 1980, 8, 767-774. pdf
Ross, H.E. The direction of apparent movement during transient pressure vertigo. Undersea Biomedical Research,1976, 3, 403-410. pdf
Ross, H.E. and Franklin, S.S. Depth estimation by divers. In: Drew, E.A., Lythghoe, J.N. and Woods, J.D. (Eds) Underwater Research . London: Academic Press, 1976, 191-198. pdf

Ross, H.E. and Rejman, M.H. Narcosis and visual attention. In: Drew, E.A., Lythghoe, J.N. and Woods, J.D. (Eds) Underwater Research . London: Academic Press, 1976, 209-216. pdf

Ross, H.E. and Rejman, M.H. Adaptation to speed distortions under water. British Journal of Psychology. 1972, 63, 257-264. pdf
Ross, H.E. and Lennie, P. Adaptation and counteradaptation to complex optical distortion. Perception and Psychophysics, 1972, 12, 273-277. pdf

Ross, H.E. Spatial perception under water. Ch.3 in: Woods, J.D. and Lythgoe, J.N. (Eds.) Underwater Science (pp. 69-101). London: Oxford University Press, 1971. pdf

Ross, H.E. Adaptation of divers to curvature distortion under water. Ergonomics, 1970, 13, 489-499. pdf
Ross, H.E., Franklin, S.S., Weltman, G. and Lennie, P. Adaptation of divers to size distortion underwater. British Journal of Psychology. 1970, 61, 365-373. pdf
Franklin, S.S., Ross, H.E., and Weltman, G. Size-distance invariance in perceptual adaptation. Psychonomic Science,1970, 21, 229-231. pdf
Ross, H.E. and Lennie, P. Visual stability during bodily movement under water. Underwater Association Report,1968, 3, 55-57. pdf

Ross, H.E. Personality of student divers. Underwater Association Report, 1968, 3,59-62. pdf

Ross, H.E. Stereoscopic acuity under water. Underwater Association Report, 1967, 2, 61-64. pdf


Papers on Weight, Skills and Altered Force Environments

Ross, H.E. Haptic perception in space travel. Chapter 11 in Grunwald, M. (Ed) Human haptic perception: Basics and applications. Basel: Birkhauser, 2008, 273-280. pdf
Ross, H.E. Astronauts' perception of heaviness and limb position. The Bulletin. Scottish Branch of the British Psychological Society, 1997, Issue 24, 32-35. pdf[Reprinted in Human Performance in Extreme Environments, 1998, 3 (1), 34-36]

Ross, H.E. and Synodinos, N.E. Weight estimation and buoyancy adaptation in cold water. In: Ward, L.M. (Ed.) Fechner Day '94 (pp. 185-190),. Vancouver: International Society for Psychophysics, 1994. pdf
Ross, H.E. Motor skills under varied gravitoinertial force in parabolic flight. Acta Astronautica, 1991, 23, 85-95. pdf
Ross, H.E. Perceptual and motor skills of divers under water. International Reviews of Ergonomics, 1989, 2, 155-181. pdf
Ross, H.E. and Roche, P. Sex, handedness and weight discrimination. Neuropsychologia,1987, 25, 841-.844. pdf
Ross, H.E. and Brodie, E.E. Weber fractions for weight and mass as a function of stimulus intensity. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1987, 39A, 77-88. pdf
Ross, H.E., Schwartz, E. and Emmerson, P. The nature of sensorimotor adaptation to altered G-levels: Evidence from mass-discrimination. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, 1987, 58, (9, Suppl.), A148-A152. pdf

Ross, H.E. and Schwartz, E. The rate of adaptation to altered G in the human centrifuge: Implications for simulations of mass-discrimination in spaceflight. Proc. 3rd European Symposium on Life Sciences Research in Space, Graz, Sept 1987 (ESA SP-271, Dec 1987). pdf
Ross, H.E., Brodie, E.E. and Benson, A.J. Mass-discrimination in weightlessness and readaptation to earth's gravity. Experimental Brain Research, 1986, 64, 358-366.pdf
Ross, H.E. and Benson, A.J. The Weber fraction for moment of inertia. In: Berglund, B., Berglund, U. & Teghtsoonian, R. (Eds.) Fechner Day '86. Stockholm, Sweden: International Society for Psychophysics.1986, 71-76. pdf
Ross, H.E., Schwartz, E. and Emmerson, P. Mass discrimination in weightlessness improves with arm movements of higher acceleration. Naturwissenschaften, 1986, 73, 453-454. pdf
Brodie, E.E. and Ross, H.E. Sensorimotor mechanisms in weight discrimination. Perception and Psychophysics,1984, 36, 477-481. pdf
Ross, H.E. How important are changes in body weight for mass perception? Acta Astronautica, 1981, 8,1051-1058. pdf
Synodinos, N.E. and Ross, H.E. Water temperature and weight discrimination. Ergonomics, 1979, 22,1083-1093. pdf

Ross, H.E. and Rejman, M.H. Weight discrimination in water. In: Flemming, N.C. (Ed.) Science Diving International. British Sub Aqua Club. Andover: Standard Press. 1973, 163-167. pdf
Ross, H.E., Rejman, M.H. and Lennie, P. Adaptation to weight transformation in water. Ergonomics, 1972, 15, 387-397. pdf
Ross, H.E. and Gregory, R.L. Weight illusions and weight discrimination - a revised hypothesis. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1970, 22, 318-328. pdf
Ross, H.E. When is a weight not illusory? Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1969, 21, 346-355. pdf

Papers on the History of Weight Perception

Ross, H.E. and Teghtsoonian, M. The curious case of Luther Trant and Weber’s law. In : Elliott, M.A. & Antonijevic, S. et al. (Eds) Fechner Day 2009 (pp. 271-276). (Proceeedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics, Galway, Ireland). abstract. pdf

Ross, H.E. Tactile sensory anisotropy - Weber's contribution. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 1999, 25, 1159-1161. pdf
Murray, D.J., Ellis, R.R., Bandomir, C.A. & Ross, H.E. Charpentier (1891) on the size-weight illusion. Perception and Psychophysics 1999, 61, 1681-1685.pdf
Ross, H.E. The prehistory of weight perception. In: Killeen, P.R. & Uttal, W.R. (Eds.) Fechner Day '99: The End of 20th Century Psychophysics (pp. 31-36). Proc. 15th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics. Tempe, Arizona, USA: The International Society for Psychophysics, 1999. pdf
Ross, H.E. Weber and Fechner on the relation between discriminability and subjective magnitude for constant physical intensity. In: Masin, S.C. (Ed.), Fechner Day '96.(pp. 387-392). Padua, Italy: The International Society for Psychophysics, 1996. pdf
Ross, H.E. Weber then and now. Perception, 1995, 24, 599-602. pdf
Ross, H.E. Weber on temperature and weight perception. In: C-A. Possamaï (Ed.), Fechner Day '95 (pp. 29-34). Cassis, France: International Society for Psychophysics, 1995. pdf
Murray, D.J. and Ross, H.E. E.H. Weber and Fechner's psychophysics. In: Brozek, J. & Gundlach,H. (Eds). Passauer Schriften zur Psychologiegeschichte. Nr.6 G.T. Fechner and Psychology (pp.79-86). International Gustav Theodor Fechner Symposium, Passau, 1987. Passau, 1988. pdf
Ross, H.E. Die Arbeiten von Weber und Fechner über Handigkeit und Gewichtsunterscheidung: Ein Vergleich mit aktuellen Forschungen. [Weber and Fechner on handedness and weight discrimination: A comparison with recent work] Psychophysische Grundlagen Mentaler Prozesse (in memoriam G.Th. Fechner). Ed. H-G. Geissler & K. Reschke. Karl-Marx-Universität, Leipzig. 1987, 269-285. German pdf English pdf
Ross, H.E. and Bischof, K. Wundt's views on Sensations of Innervation: A reevaluation. Perception, 1981, 10, 319-329. pdf


Miscellaneous

Ross, H.E. Sensation and perception. Ch.2. in: Gupta, D.S. & Gupta, R.M. (Eds.) Psychology for psychiatrists (pp. 20-40). London: Whurr, 2000.
Ross, H.E., On the possible relations between discriminability and apparent magnitude. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 1997, 50, pp. 187-203. pdf
Murray, D.J. and Ross, H.E. Vives (1538) on memory and recall. Canadian Psychology. 1982, 23, 22-31. pdf

Ross, H.E. Sleep and wakefulness in the Arctic under an irregular regime. In: Tromp, S.W. (Ed) Biometeorology (Proc. 2nd International Bioclimatological Congress), Oxford: Pergamon, 1962, 389-394. pdf

Ross, H.E. Patterns of swearing. Discovery. Nov 1960, 479-481. pdf

Kuo, C., Ross, H.E., Tennant, S.M. Crew and passenger behaviour. Safety at Sea International, November 1994, 8-12.


Gaelic

Ros, E. Nam aonar san t-sneachd air Sliabh Ochaill (Alone in the snow on the Ochils). Cothrom, 2011, 67,40-41. pdf

Ros, E.E. Pìobaireachd, cogadh agus sìth (Piping, war and peace). Cothrom, 2008, 55, 40-41.pdf

Ros, E. Gealach bhuidhe na Sultaine - carson a tha i a' coimhead cho mòr agus cho dearg? (The harvest moon - why does it look so big and red?). The Scotsman, 22.9.07, p.56. jpg

Rosach, E. Briseadh na cloiche - Sgeulachd Catrìona (Breaking the stne - Catriona's tale). Gath, 2007, 8, 67-68. pdf

Ros, E. Fon Ghrèin (agus i dubh) ann an Ghana (Under the black sun in Ghana). Cothrom, 2006, 48, 18. pdf
SourceH E Ross' CV
ConventionsInternational Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997

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