Who was your most influential teacher? Cosimo Ajmone-Marsan introduced me into research and was to me a living example of intellectual honesty. Which research paper has had most effect on your work? My paper with Dennis Baylor on spinal input to the midbrain reticular formation. The findings showed how a hypothesis had become accepted as fact without experimental support. How do you relax? Listening to music, watching people's behaviour, not looking at myself in the mirror. What is your greatest regret? Not having been
