Vernon, Magdalen D. (1901-1991)

File consists of offprints from various publications by Professor Magdalen D. Vernon. Titles include:

M. D. Vernon, "On Certain Effects of Long Spells of Repetitive Work", The British Journal of Psychology, vol. 16, part 3 (1926).

M. D. Vernon,"The Relationship of Subjective Experience to the Performance of Eye Movements", The British Journal of Psychology, vol. 20, part 2 (1929).

M. D. Vernon, "Characteristics of Proof-Reading", The British Journal of Psychology, vol. 21, part 4 (1931).

M. D. Vernon, "The Peripheral Perception of Movement",The British Journal of Psychology, vol. 23, part 3 (1933).

M. D. Vernon, "The Binocular Perception of Flicker", The British Journal of Psychology, vol. 24, part 4 (1934).

M. D. Vernon, "The Perception of Inclined Lines", The British Journal of Psychology, vol. 24, part 2 (1934).

M. D. Vernon, "The Perception of Distance", The British Journal of Psychology, vol. 28, parts 1 and 2 (1937).

M. D. Vernon, "The Drives which Determine the Choice of a Career", The British Journal of Educational Psychology, vol.7. part 3 (1937) and vol. 8, part 1 (1938).

M. D. Vernon, "Characteristic Motivation in the Activities of School-Girls", The British Journal of Psychology, vol. 24, part 2 (1938) and vol. 24, part 3 (1939).

M. D. Vernon, "The Relation of Cognition and Phantasy in Children. Parts I and II", The British Journal of Psychology, vol. 30, part 4 (1940) and vol 31 (1940).

M. D. Vernon, "The Relationship of Occupation to Personality", The British Journal of Psychology, vol. 31, part 4 (1941).

K. J.W. Craik and M. D. Vernon, "The Nature of Dark Adaptation", The British Journal of Psychology, vol. 32, part 1 (1941).

K. J.W. Craik and M. D. Vernon, "Perception During Dark Adaptation", The British Journal of Psychology, vol. 32, part 3 (1942).

2 copies of M. D. Vernon, "The Development of Imaginative Construction in Children", The British Journal of Psychology, vol. 39, part 2 (1948).

M. D. Vernon, "The Use and Value of Graphical Methods of Presenting Quantitative Data", Occupational Psychology, vol. 26, no. 1 (1952).

M. D. Vernon, "The Value of Pictorial Illustration", The British Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 22, part 3 (1953).

M. D. Vernon, "Perception and Understanding of Instructional Television Programmes", The British Journal of Psychology, vol. 44, part 2 (1953).

M. D. Vernon, "Vision", Annual Review of Psychology, vol .4 (1953).

2 copies of M. D. Vernon, "The Instruction of Children by Pictorial Illustration", The British Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 24, part 3 (1954).

M. D. Vernon, "The Improvement of Reading", The British Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 26, part 2 (1956).

M. D. Vernon, "Use of Visual Aids in Teaching Skilled Manipulative Tasks", Nature, vol. 179 (1957).

M. D. Vernon, "Intelligence and Reading Ability",The Slow Learning Child: The Australian Journal on the Education of Backward Children, vol.5, no. 2 (1958) .

M. D. Vernon, "Perception, Attention and Consciousness", The British Association for the Advancement of Science, no. 62 (1959).

2 copies of M. D. Vernon, "The Investigation of Reading Problems Today", The British Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 30, part 11 (1960).

M. D. Vernon, "The Development of Perception in Children", Educational Research: A Review for Teachers and All Concerned with Progress in Education, vol 2, no.1 (1960) .

M. D. Vernon, "Comment on The Enclosing Contour Effect , Perceptual and Motor Skills, vol. 13 (1961).

2 copies of M. D. Vernon, "The Relation of Perception to Personality Factors", The British Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 52, no. 3 (1961).

M. D. Vernon, "Obituary Notice for Albert William Wolters 1883-1961", The British Journal of Educational Psychology,vol. 52, no 4 (1961).

3 copies of M. D. Vernon, "Specific Dyslexia", The British Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 32, part 2 (1962).

M. D. Vernon, "Specific Dyslexia: A Reply to Dr Russell Davis and Mr Asher Cashdan",The British Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 33 (1963).

M. D. Vernon, "The Functions of Schematic Categories in Perception", no citation supplied.

1926-1963

1 file (in 2 parts)

Deposited in the library at Wellcome Collection by the British Psychological Society in September 2008.

Magdalen Vernon (b. June 25 1901 d. December 1, 1991) Professor of Psychology.

Birthplace: Oxford, daughter of H. M. Vernon and sister of Philip Vernon.

Educated: Newham College, Cambridge. Graduated 1924

Joined Frederic Bartlett at Cambridge University's Psychological Laboratory 1925 to 1946.

Appointed lecturer at Reading University 1946.

Elected Chair of Psychology (at Reading) 1956- until retirement (late sixties)

Founder member of the Experimental Psychology Group (President 1950 to 1953).

President of the British Psychological Society from 1958 to 1961.

Made Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society in 1970.

Compiled by the Cataloguing Project Archivist at the British Psychological Society History of Psychology Centre, with minor editing by Wellcome staff.