Nicholas Humphrey

Nicholas Keynes Humphrey (born 27 March 1943) is an English neuropsychologist and writer whose work has focused on the evolution of consciousness and social intelligence. He carried out early research on visual perception after cortical damage in monkeys and collaborated with Lawrence Weiskrantz. Humphrey's observations contributed to the later experimental and conceptual development of blindsight. Humphrey has held academic posts at the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, the New School for Social Research in New York, and the London School of Economics. His popular books on mind and consciousness, including ''A History of the Mind'' (1992), ''Seeing Red'' (2006), ''Soul Dust'' (2011) and ''Sentience'' (2023), have been reviewed and have received both praise and criticism. He has also been active as a public intellectual, presenting television series on the development of the human mind and speaking on topics such as nuclear disarmament and belief in the supernatural. Provided by Wikipedia