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Professor Richard Gregory

Cara Flanagan — Wed, 19 May 2010 08:55:20 +0000

May 18, 2010 The death of Richard Gregory was announced on Monday of this week. He was an extremely well-known figure in Psychology, most notably for his work on visual illusions and his classic book Eye and Brain. His website has examples of some of his illusions. He also researched artificial intelligence, was an inventor with many patents to his name and founded the At-Bristol hands-on Science Museum, as well as appearing frequently on radio and TV.

I had the privilege of hearing him speak on several occasions and felt he had quite a magical ability to communicate enthusiasm and ideas.

Interesting footnote – Gregory was taught by Frederic Bartlett as an undergraduate and claimed Bartlett inspired him to take up psychology.

Mind Changers

Cara Flanagan — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:42:13 +0000

Many of you will be familiar with the excellent BBC radio series called Mind Changers which has included programmes on Milgram, Piaget, Ainsworth, Bartlett, Kohlberg, Zimbardo, Harlow, Asch. Some of these are currently available as podcasts here or you can go to PsychBLOG where Jamie has downloaded some and there are also some available on Spokenword (free subscription for teachers).

If anyone finds copies elsehwere, let us know!

easy listening……

Adrian Frost — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:05:35 +0000

Matters of psychological interest conveyed for your convenience and edification in the modern realplayer format. Bought to you by the British Broadcasting Corporation and the wonders of the electronic interweb:

Solomon Asch – Conformity

Jean Piaget – The Three Mountains

Sir Frederic Bartlett – War of The Ghosts