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P. Lynn Newbigging

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P. Lynn Newbigging
NationalityCanadian
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
InstitutionsMcMaster University

P. Lynn Newbigging was a Canadian psychologist.

Career

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Newbigging was Professor of Psychology at the McMaster University, Ontario.

He was active in the Canadian Psychological Association of which he became president in 1965. He was also editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology.[citation needed]

Heritage

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Each year four P.L. Newbigging Prizes are awarded to students graduating with high averages from a program in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour at McMaster University.[1]

Positions

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Publications

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  • Newbigging, P.L. (1961). The perceptual redintegration of frequent and infrequent words. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 15, 123–132.
  • Newbigging, P.L. (1965). Attention and perceptual learning. Canadian Psychologist, 6a, 309–331.
  • Newbigging, P.L. and Hay, J. (1962). The practice effect in recognition threshold determinations as a function of word frequency and length. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 16, 177–184.
  • Parker, N.I. and Newbigging, P.L. (1963). Magnitude and decrement of the Muller-Lyer Illusion as a function of pre-training. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 17, 134–140.

References

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  1. ^ "Graduating Student Awards". McMaster University. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Past Presidents". Canadian Psychological Association. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Fellows". Canadian Psychological Association. Retrieved 19 September 2020.