Richard Held
Richard Held · Science & Medicine
Experimental psychologist, research on visual perception and development
1922, New York City, USA — 2016, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
United States
Richard Held is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Experimental psychologist, research on visual perception and development
Richard Held was an American experimental psychologist and MIT professor whose research reshaped understanding of visual perception, including the classic 'kitten carousel' experiment with Alan Hein showing that perception is built through self-produced movement. He is listed by Jinfo among Jews in biomedical science; his own religious background is not detailed in general biographies, though he married into the Jewish family of publicist Edward Bernays.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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Experimental psychologist, research on visual perception and development
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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