Dorothea Jameson (November 16, 1920 – April 12, 1998) was an American cognitive psychologist who greatly contributed to the field of color and vision.
She elected psychology as her major in her first year because she was "intrigued that freshmen required special permission to enroll".
[2] While still an undergraduate at Wellesley, Jameson worked as a research assistant at Harvard, where she helped improve the accuracy of visual rangefinders used during World War II.
[2] In 1957, Jameson together with her husband Hurvich provided quantitative data for Hering's opponent process color theory.
[4] In 1982 Jameson won the Edgar D. Tillyer Award from The Optical Society for her contributions to our understanding of visual processes.