At 10:33 AM -0500 12/18/01, Stephen Black wrote:
>
>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.


I am curious about the status of DiCara, Miller's coauthor (and
student I think) in the original article.

Tim


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