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MIRROR STAGE [2 records]

Record 1 1989-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

Let the generators that are shown be called straight(S), and define the flipped generator(F) as the mirror image of the straight generator in the line y=0. Each stage of the construction must use the same generator throughout, either S or F, but different stages may select different generators. These plates, and more which follow, use S throughout, but other infinite sequences of S and F yield immediate variants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie
OBS

Voir cône renversé, pyramide renversée, fraction renversée, silhouette renversée.

Spanish

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Record 2 1983-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology
CONT

mirror stage.... the infant perceives in the image of its counterpart-or in its own mirror image-a form in which it anticipates a bodily unity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie
DEF

notion introduite par Lacan pour désigner l'unification imaginaire (entre six et dix-huit mois) dont l'enfant fait l'expérience (reconnaissance de son image dans le miroir) au titre de condition de constitution du moi.

Spanish

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