Rubin vase — Rubin s vase (sometimes known as the Rubin face or the Figure ground vase) is a famous set of cognitive optical illusions developed around 1915 by the Danish psychologist Edgar Rubin. They were first introduced at large in Rubin s two volume work … Wikipedia
Rubin face — see Rubin s figure … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Rubin vase — see Rubin s figure … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Rubin's face — see Rubin s figure … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Rubin's vase — see Rubin s figure … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Rubin's vase-face illusion — see Rubin s figure … Dictionary of Hallucinations
figure-ground vase — see Rubin s figure … Dictionary of Hallucinations
RUBIN, EDGAR — (1886–1951), Danish psychologist. He was professor of psychology at the university of his native Copenhagen. When the Germans overran Denmark during World War II Rubin sought refuge in Sweden. He returned to Denmark after the war, but died after… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Figure-ground (perception) — In visual perception, figure ground is a type of perceptual organization in vision that involves assignment of edges to regions for purposes of shape determination, determination of depth across an edge, and the allocation of visual attention… … Wikipedia
Rubin , Vera Cooper — (1928–) American astronomer Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Rubin was educated at Vassar, at Cornell, and at Georgetown University, Washington DC, where she obtained her PhD in 1954. Since 1965 she has worked at the Carnegie Institution,… … Scientists
