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Education
     1944   Army Specialized Training Reserve Program, Univ. of Illinois,
                 Pre-Engineering.
     1945   U.S. Army, field artillery specialist training, instrument & survey.
     1946   6th U.S. Constabulary,  Germany

Research and Teaching
1949-52   University of Michigan, Vision Research Lab, Research Assistant.
     1952   Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, NY. Scientific Bureau, Engineer.
1953-54   University of Michigan, Vision Research Lab, Research Assistant.
1954-58   Argus Camera Co., Mathematical Design Group, Engineer.
                 Lens design,  image evaluation.
1958-63   University of Michigan, Department of Ophthalmology, Vision Research Lab,
                  Research Associate.
               1962 taught grad courses in visual psychophysiology.
               1962-63, joint appointment, Department of Psychology, Lecturer,

1963-65 University of Chicago, Ophthalmology, Eye Research Labs,
               Research Associate.  Research on basic visual functions and space perception.
               Also, joint appointment in Department of Psychology.
               Taught graduate course in perception.
1965-92   University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Department of Psychology, Professor.
                Courses: Perception, Physiological Psychology, Experimental Psychology.
                Research on space perception.

Index page.
Introduction and Summary.
Section I. New Description of the Moon Illusion
Section II. Conventional Versus New Descriptions
Section III. Explaining the Moon Illusion
Section IV. Explaining Oculomotor Micropsia
Bibliography and McCready Vita
Appendix A. The (New) Theory
Appendix B. Analysis of the Murray, Boyaci & Kersten (2006) Experiment