Wolfgang Metzger: Bibliography of English, French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish publications

Bibliography of Publications in English, French, Italian, Japanese and Spanish
by
Wolfgang Metzger
(* 22.7.1899 + 20.12.1979)
1978 : Honorary Chairman of the international
Society for Gestalt Theory and its Applications (GTA)
photograph of WM

Publications in German
Gesamtverzeichnis der Veröffentlichungen

A comprehensive bibliography of Wolfgang METZGER was published by Michael STADLER as an annex in:

W. METZGER, Gestalt-Psychologie. Ausgewählte Werke aus den Jahren 1950 bis 1982, herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Michael STADLER und Heinrich CRABUS, Frankfurt: Waldemar Krammer, 1986 and 1999, pp 540-558 ("Gesamtverzeichnis der Veröffentlichungen"):

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Publications in English

Wolfgang Metzger

Laws of Seeing

(translated by Lothar Spillmann, Michael Wertheimer, Steven Lehar)

MIT Press, Cambridge 2006

ISBN 0-262-13467-5

6 x 9, 194 illus. $48.00/Ł30.95 (CLOTH)

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English translation of the 1st edition of Metzger's 'Gesetze des Sehens'.

This classic work in vision science, written by a leading figure in Germany's Gestalt movement in psychology and first published in 1936, addresses topics that remain of major interest to vision researchers today.

Wolfgang Metzger's main argument, drawn from Gestalt theory, is that the objects we perceive in visual experience are not the objects themselves but perceptual effigies of those objects constructed by our brain according to natural rules. Gestalt concepts are currently being increasingly integrated into mainstream neuroscience by researchers proposing network processing beyond the classical receptive field. Metzger's discussion of such topics as ambiguous figures, hidden forms, camouflage, shadows and depth, and three-dimensional representations in paintings will interest anyone working in the field of vision and perception, including psychologists, biologists, neurophysiologists, and researchers in computational vision--and artists, designers, and philosophers.

Each chapter is accompanied by compelling visual demonstrations of the phenomena described; the book includes 194 illustrations, drawn from visual science, art, and everyday experience, that invite readers to verify Metzger's observations for themselves. Today's researchers may find themselves pondering the intriguing question of what effect Metzger's theories might have had on vision research if The Laws of Seeing and its treasure trove of perceptual observations had been available to the English-speaking world at the time of its writing.

Certain implications in the concept of gestalt. American Journal of Psychology, 40, 1928, 162-166.
The mode of vibration of the vocal cords. Psychological Monographs, 38, 1928, No. 4.
How do the vocal cords vibrate? Quarterly Journal of Speech Education, 1928, 300-301.
Theory of the SANDER-IPSEN-illusion. Proceedings of the XIIth International Congress of Psychology at Edinburgh 1948. London 1950, 92-93.
Discovered by Alfred ADLER. Journal of Individual Psychology, 20, 1964, 123-124 (translation of Schon von Alfred ADLER entdeckt. Leserbrief. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung vom 29.11.1963).
The foundations of artistic experience. Acta Psychologica, 24, 1965, 409-422 (translation of Der Beitrag der Gestalttheorie zur Frage der Grundlagen des künstlerischen Erlebens. Exakte Ästhetik, 1, 1965, 15-29)
The influence of aesthetic examples. In: G. KEPES (ed.), Education of Vision. New York: Braziller 1965, 16-26.
The historical background for national trends in psychology: German psychology. Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciences, 1, 1965, 109-115.
with L. W. BRANDT: "Reality" - what does it mean? Psychological Reports, 25, 1969, 127-135 (based on the 1st chapter of METZGERs main oeuvre Psychologie - Die Entwicklung ihrer Grundannahmen seit der Einführung des Experiments, 1954 - 2nd ed., 1963 - 3rd ed., 1968 - 4th ed., 1975 - 5th ed., Darmstadt: Steinkopff).
Didactic consequences. Ceskoslovenska Psychologie, 15, 1971, 610-614.
The phenomenal-perceptual field as a central steering mechanism. In: J. R. ROYCE and W. W. ROZEBOOM (eds.): The Psychology of knowing. 2nd Banff Conference on Theoretical Psychology 1969. New York/Paris/London: Gordon and Breach 1972, 241-265 (translation of Die Wahrnehmungswelt als zentrales Steuerungsorgan, Ceskoslovenska Psychologie, 8, 1969, 417-431).
Committing material to memory and practising skills - on the psychology of education. Education, 6, 1972, 53-71.
Do schools of psychology still exist? Special Lecture at the 36th Congress of the Japanese Psychological Association, Osaka University 1972, 1-20 (translation of Gibt es noch psychologische Schulen? Westermanns pädagogische Beiträge, 1973/6, 314-325.
with D. SCHMITZ: Texture and structure in the vision of the preschool child. XXth International Congress of Psychology at Tokyo 1972, Abstract Guide, 99-100.
Summary report. Symposium on implications of Asian psychology in world perspective. In: Proceedings of the XXth International Congress of Psychology at Tokyo 1972. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1974, 109-122.
Consciousness, perception, and action. In: H. C. CARTERETTE and M. P. FRIEDMAN (eds.): Handbook of perception, Vol. 1. Historical and philosophical roots of perception. New York: Academic Press 1974, 109-122.
Can the subject create his world? Hiroshima Forum of Psychology, 1, 1974, 3-14 (also published in: R. B. MACLEOD and H. L. PICK, jr. (eds.): Perception. Essays in Honor of James J. GIBSON. Ithaca/London: Cornell University Press 1974).
Keywords: ADLER, Alfred; Ganzheit, Gestalt, structure. In: H. J. EYSENCK, W. J. ARNOLD and R. MEILI (eds.): Encyclopaedia of Psychology. Collins: Fontana 1975.
Laws of Seeing - English translation of Wolfgang Metzger's famous book 'Gesetze des Sehens' (2nd German edition and part of added chapters from the 3rd edition) - by MIT Press, Cambridge 2006

Publications en Français

Les maîtres de la psychologie: Wolfgang KÖHLER. La psychologie et la vie, 3, 1929, 69-71.
Le problème des stades en psychologie de l'enfant (Discussion générale). Symposium de l'Association de psychologie scientifique de langue française, Genève 1955. Paris: Presses Univ. de France 1956, 77-113.
La motivation. (Discussion). Symposium de l'Association de psychologie scientifique de langue française, Florence 1958. Vendôme: Presses Univ. de France 1959, 145-176.
Les attitudes (Discussion générale). Symposium de l'Association de psychologie scientifique de langue française, Bordeaux 1959. Vendôme: Presses Univ. de France 1961, 143-189.
Les problèmes de la mesure en psychologie (Discussion générale). Symposium de l'Association de psychologie scientifique de langue française, Amsterdam 1961. Vendôme: Presses Univ. de France 1962, 145-184.
Les processus d'adaptation (Discussion). Symposium de l'Association de psychologie scientifique de langue française, Marseille 1965. Vendôme: Presses Univ. de France 1967, 141-190.
L'influence d'exemples esthétiques. In: G. KEPES (ed.): Education de la vision, Bruxelles: La Connaissance 1967.
Instant fécond et création. In: J. HAMBURGER et Y. PELICIER: Univers de la psychologie. Champ, histoire et méthodes de la psychologie. Paris: Editions Lidis 1977, 172-175.
Le rôle des restrictions externes et des tendances internes dans la formation de la personnalité. In: Proceedings of the XXIst International Congress of Psychology at Paris 1976. Paris: Presses Univ. de France 1978, 233-239.

Pubblicazione in Italiano

Teoria della Gestalt e Pedagogia. Rassegna di Pedagogia, 23, 1965, 235-241.
I fondamenti dell'esperienza estetica. In: Colloquio internazionale sull'espressione plastica. Bologna 1963. Imola: Galeati 1966, 767-780.
con F. METELLI e G. PETTER: Ricerca sulla percezione visiva del movimento in una cabina rotante. Rivista di Psicologia, 62, 1968, 289-295.
Lo stato della psicologia teoretica. Rivista di Psicologia, 64, 1970, 203-212.
I fondamenti della psicologia della gestalt. (Traduzione di Lucia Lumbelli dell'opera Psychologie - Die Entwicklung ihrer Grundannahmen seit der Einführung des Experiments, 1954 - 2nd ed., 1963 - 3rd ed., 1968 - 4th ed., 1975 - 5th ed., Darmstadt: Steinkopff). A cura di Gaetano KANIZSA. Firenze: Giunti Barbèra, 1971.
Psicologia della forma. In: Enciclopedia del Novecento. Vol. 4. Roma: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana (1980), pp 838-846.
Psicologia per l'educazione : modelli antropologici, regole sociali, applicazioni pedagogiche / Wolfgang Metzger. - Roma: Armando, 2000. - 191 p. ; (Trad. di: Psychologie in der Erziehung).

Published in Japanese

Shikaku no Hosoku. Tokyo, Iwanami-shoten, 1968, 1981.(Translation of Gesetzes des Sehens, Frankfurt: Kramer 1953).

Publicaciones en Español

Psicologia. El desarrollo de sus conceptos basicos desde la adopcion de la experimentacion. Buenos Aires: Editorial Nova 1968. (Traducción de Psychologie - Die Entwicklung ihrer Grundannahmen seit der Einführung des Experiments, 1954 - 2nd ed., 1963 - 3rd ed., 1968 - 4th ed., 1975 - 5th ed., Darmstadt: Steinkopff).
Aprendizaje de memoria y ejercicio - sobra la psicologia de la Education. Education, 6, 1972, 90-108.
Los prejuicios. Ensayo de caracterización psicológica y social. Barcelona: Editorial Herder 1979.

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