Movshon studied at Cambridge University, obtaining his B.A. in 1972, and his Ph.D. under the supervision of Colin Blakemore in 1975.
According to The Sunday Times, he has sent out e-mails naming Oxford academics who are targets of the animal rights movement, including Colin Blakemore, former head of the British Medical Research Council.
Colin Powell | Colin Farrell | Colin Firth | Colin Baker | Colin James | Colin Davis | Colin Meloy | Colin McCahon | Colin Friels | Jean-Claude Colin | Colin Wilson | Colin Todd | Colin Dexter | Colin Mawby | Colin Jackson | Colin Hanks | Colin Blakemore | Sir Colin Campbell | Colin Welland | Colin Montgomerie | Colin Mochrie | Colin McRae: Dirt 2 | Colin Mackenzie | Colin Lee | Colin Charvis | Colin Chapman | Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde | Colin Camerer | Colin | T. Colin Campbell |
Opposing the motion were Laurie Pycroft—who founded Pro-Test, which organized the debate—Sir Colin Blakemore, Professor John Stein, and Professor Lord Robert Winston.
Speakers included Colin Blakemore (then chief executive of the Medical Research Council), Evan Harris MP and Alan Duncan MP (the Shadow Cabinet Trade and Industry Secretary).