This is the home page of Charles and Daphne Maurer. If it seems plain—well, it's a personal convenience, not a marketing display.
Daphne Maurer
CV and links to research papers
Vision screening
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Backgrounder: Misconceptions of Memory and Trauma
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Recommended: McMaster's Imaginary Sex Ring and Lessons from an Academic Social Panic by Jonathan Kay
Dyslexia, migraines, autism, epilepsy? For some people these can be alleviated by colored filters. Unfortunately, this intervention is little known and surrounded by misinformation. A thorough, accessible overview for both parents and eye-care professionals is a book by Arnold J. Wilkins and Bruce J.W. Evans, Reading Difficulties and Visual Stress, 3rd edition (Springer, 2024). To assess the likelihood that this intervention might help, see visualstress.app.
Charles and Daphne Maurer
Books
Charles Maurer
Useful or interesting
Old soapboxes that still hold soap
Digital photography—introductory but not elementary
Music
Photos & Graphics
Charles and Daphne Maurer
Books
The World Inside Your Head: How Perceptions Build Society
Pretty Ugly: Why we like some songs, faces, foods, plays, pictures, poems, etc., and dislike others
The World of the Newborn
Pretty Ugly: Why we like some songs, faces, foods, plays, pictures, poems, etc., and dislike others
The World of the Newborn
Charles Maurer
Useful or interesting
Sensible fonts
Powerpoint presentations: how to make an effective one if you're not a graphic designer
Publicity photos: what makes a good one
Has your camera stopped working in Zoom?
Reading on an iPad
English grammar
Safe cycling in winter
Emil Maurer, 1868-1908
Powerpoint presentations: how to make an effective one if you're not a graphic designer
Publicity photos: what makes a good one
Has your camera stopped working in Zoom?
Reading on an iPad
English grammar
Safe cycling in winter
Emil Maurer, 1868-1908
Old soapboxes that still hold soap
Digital photography—introductory but not elementary
Fujifilm XQ1: A Professional Point-and-Shoot?
The Lazy Man's New Camera: the Fujifilm X-E2
How Not to Buy a Digital Camera
Digital Ain't Film: Modern Photo Editing
Colour & Computers (and FAQ )
A Feast for the Fridge: Printing Digital Pictures
Others
The Lazy Man's New Camera: the Fujifilm X-E2
How Not to Buy a Digital Camera
Digital Ain't Film: Modern Photo Editing
Colour & Computers (and FAQ )
A Feast for the Fridge: Printing Digital Pictures
Others
Music
Photos & Graphics
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