Gregory, Richard Langton

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GREGORY, Richard Langton

GREGORY, Richard Langton. British, b. 1923. Genres: Biology, Psychology, Sciences. Career: Professor of Neuropsychology, University of Bristol, and Director, Brain and Perception Laboratory, Medical Research Council, since 1970, now Emeritus. Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Lecturer in Psychology, University of Cambridge, 1959-67; Professor of Bionics, Dept. of Machine Intelligence and Perception, University of Edinburgh, 1967-70. Publications: (with J. Wallace) Recovery from Early Blindness, 1963; Eye and Brain, 1966, 5th ed. 1997; The Intelligent Eye, 1970; (ed. with E.H. Gombrich) Illusions in Nature and Art, 1973; Concepts and Mechanisms of Perception, 1974; Mind in Science, 1981; Odd Perceptions, 1986; Oxford Companion to the Mind, 1987; Mirrors in Mind, 1997. Address: 23 Royal York Crescent, Clifton, Bristol BS8 4JX, England.

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