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What is the Meaning of Shape? - Gestalt Theory

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Pinna, <strong>What</strong> <strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Meaning</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Shape</strong>?<br />

Acknowledgments<br />

Supported by Finanziamento della Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, ai sensi della L.R. 7 agosto 2007, n. 7,<br />

Fondo d’Ateneo (ex 60%) and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.<br />

Baingio Pinna, born 1962, since 2002 Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Experimental Psychology and V<strong>is</strong>ual Perception at<br />

<strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Sassari. 2001/02 Research Fellow at <strong>the</strong> Alexander Humboldt Foundation, Freiburg,<br />

Germany. 2007 winner <strong>of</strong> a scientific productivity prize at <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Sassari, 2009 winner <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

International “Wolfgang Metzger Award to eminent people in <strong>Gestalt</strong> science and research for outstanding<br />

achievements”. H<strong>is</strong> main resaerch interests concern <strong>Gestalt</strong> psychology, v<strong>is</strong>ual illusions, psychophysics<br />

<strong>of</strong> perception <strong>of</strong> shape, motion, color and light, and v<strong>is</strong>ion science <strong>of</strong> art.<br />

Address: Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature Straniere, Dipartimento di Scienze dei Linguaggi, University <strong>of</strong><br />

Sassari, via Roma 151, I-07100 Sassari, Italy.<br />

E-Mail: baingio@un<strong>is</strong>s.it

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