Tag: Alessandro Soranzo

Dr Alessandro Soranzo’s research referenced in Ars Technica feature on Mona Lisa’s smile

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Research led by Dr Alessandro Soranzo in 2015 looking to Mona Lisa’s smile has been referenced by Ars Technica, for a feature on the so-called ‘Mona Lisa Effect’. Dr Alessandro Soranzo is a Reader in Psychology within the Faculty of Development and Society at Sheffield Hallam University. Alessandro’s research interests are in the field of visual cognition and in particular colour perception, […]

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Dr Alessandro Soranzo invited to develop a Research Topic at Frontiers

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Dr Alessandro Soranzo‘s article, PSYCHOACOUSTICS: a comprehensive MATLAB toolbox for auditory testing recently published in Frontiers in Psychology, received a total of 1944 clicks making it among the best performing articles in Frontiers. Alessandro has been invited to use the article as the foundation for a Frontiers Research Topic. With Research Topics, Frontiers seeks to change the way research is […]

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Wednesday 21 January 2015 – Lunchtime seminar with Dr Alessandro Soranzo

A colour contrast illusion.

Title: Why the same colour can appear different? Speaker: Dr Alessandro Soranzo (Psychology, SHU) Dr Alessandro Soranzo is a Reader in Psychology within the Faculty of Development and Society at Sheffield Hallam University. His main area of interest lies in the Psychology of Perception, including; Colour and Illumination Perception, Visual Illusions, Perception and Art, Virtual Reality, and Robotics. Colour contrast […]

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