On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Michael Sylvester wrote: > I was amazed when a student began his answer to a question "Once upon a > time,it was thought that autonomic responses could not come under operant > control."
This may not be a fairy tale. Neal Miller and his associates were unable to replicate their results and were forced to withdraw their claim (see Dworkin & Miller, 1986). They said: "After more than 2,500 rats were studied, it is concluded that the original visceral learning experiments are not replicable and that the existence of visceral learning remains unproven". This is a rather extraordinary statement. What's the current status? -Stephen Dworkin, B., & Miller, N. (1986). Failure to replicate visceral learning in the acute curarized rat preparation. Behavioral Neuroscience, 100, 299-314. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Department web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy Check out TIPS listserv for teachers of psychology at: http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
