Simon J Cropper

Senior Lecturer in Psychology , University of Melbourne

Simon J Cropper is a senior lecturer in the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne. His research focuses on human sensation and perception and the complex and subjective nature of the reality we create.

Written by Simon J Cropper

Photo of two people stargazing in a field under a starry sky with mountains and trees in the background.

NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Why people across the world see constellations, not just stars

Orion, the Big Dipper and the rest reflect shared features of human perception – but also diverse cultural interpretations

by Simon J Cropper, Duane W Hamacher, Daniel R Little & Charles Kemp