References Necker de Saussure, L.A. (1821)Travels in Scotland; Descriptive of the state of manners, literature, and science. Translated from the French. London: Phillips & Co. Necker de Saussure, L.A (1822) A voyage to the Hebrides, orWestern Isles of Scotland; with observations on the manners and customs of the Highlanders. London: Phillips & Co. (Note: Both books available on Google Books – http://books.google. com/.) Wade, N.J., Campbell, R.N., Ross, H.E., Lingelbach, B. (2010) Necker in Scotch Perspective, Perception, 39, 1-4. Spellings used in this article are contemporaneous. Helen Ross is an Honorary Reader in Psychology at the University of Stirling. She specialises in perceptual illusions, particularly the moon illusion (why it looks larger on the horizon than high in the sky) and the size-weight illusion (why the smaller of two objects of equal weight feels heavier). She has conducted experiments on the perceptual errors of divers under water and astronauts in zero-gravity. She is currently studying for a diploma in Gaelic through distance learning from Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. She plays the smallpipes and concertina.
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