ABSTRACT
James Thomson Department of Psychology, The University of Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
I first met David Lee rather longer ago than I sometimes care to remember. I
was his first graduate student and at the time his now classical swinging room
experiments were – well, they were in full swing. It was a heady time to be a
student at Edinburgh University, for the place was buzzing with young, highly
innovative scientists, managed (not altogether without difficulty) by a number of
distinguished, older heads. Even in such elevated company, Dave Lee stood out.
His enthusiasm was infectious. As an exceptionally gifted mathematician, he
