Richard Gregory - Why I tell jokes
938 views · Published 11 August 2011 · 1:54 · Indexed 27 October 2026
Channel: Web of Stories - Life Stories of Remarkable People · 2011 · Entertainment
To listen to more of Richard Gregory’s stories, go to the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVV0r6CmEsFy2MVGeme_tPtQWxEmFkvof The late British psychologist and Emeritus Professor of Neuropsychology at the University of Bristol, Richard Gregory (1923-2010), is well known for his work on perception, the psychology of seeing and his love of puns. In 1978 he founded The Exploratory, an applied science centre in Bristol -- the first of its kind in the UK. He also designed and directed the Special Senses Laboratory at Cambridge which worked on the perceptual problems of astronauts, and published many books including 'The Oxford Companion to the Mind', 'Eye and Brain' and 'Mind in Science'.
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