Stuart Sutherland
Norman Stuart Sutherland, a British psychologist and writer, was educated at Oxford and became a founding professor at the University of Sussex.
He was renowned for his work in comparative psychology, particularly in visual pattern recognition and discrimination learning.
Sutherland's research on various species, including rats and octopuses, contributed significantly to cognitive approaches in animal learning.
He authored "Irrationality: The enemy within," a guide to cognitive biases and human judgment failures.
Sutherland's 1976 autobiography "Breakdown" detailed his struggles with manic depression.
He continued his academic and literary pursuits until his death from a heart attack in 1998.
