P. Lynn Newbigging

Percy Lynn Newbigging
Died	7 January 1994
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	University of Saskatchewan University College London
Scientific career
Fields	Psychology
Institutions	McMaster University

Percy Lynn Newbigging was a Canadian psychologist.

Career

Newbigging obtained his first degree from the University of Saskatchewan followed by an MA from the University of Toronto in 1950. He then went to London where he obtained a Ph.D. from University College London.

He returned to Canada where he was Assistant Profssor of Psychology at the University of New Brunswick (1953-1955) before moving to McMaster University as Professor of Psychology where he remained for the remainder of his career. ^[1]

He was active in the Canadian Psychological Association of which he became president in 1965. He was also editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology (1965-1968). ^{[2] [3]}

Heritage

Each year four P.L. Newbigging Prizes are awarded to students graduating with high averages from a program in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour at McMaster University. ^[4]

Positions

• President, Canadian Psychological Association (1965) ^[5]
• Honorary Life Fellow, Canadian Psychological Association ^[6]

Publications

• Newbigging, P.L. (1961). The perceptual redintegration of frequent and infrequent words. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 15, 123–132.
• Newbigging, P.L. (1965). Attention and perceptual learning. Canadian Psychologist, 6a, 309–331.
• Newbigging, P.L. and Hay, J. (1962). The practice effect in recognition threshold determinations as a function of word frequency and length. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 16, 177–184.
• Parker, N.I. and Newbigging, P.L. (1963). Magnitude and decrement of the Muller-Lyer Illusion as a function of pre-training. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 17, 134–140.

References

1. "Percy Lynn Newbigging". University of New Brunswick. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
2. "Percy Lynn Newbigging". University of New Brunswick. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
3. Newbigging, P. Lynn (1956). "A note on Psychology in McMaster University". Canadian Psychologist. 5 (4): 76–77.
4. "Graduating Student Awards". McMaster University. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
5. "Past Presidents". Canadian Psychological Association. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
6. "Fellows". Canadian Psychological Association. Retrieved 19 September 2020.