Garcia's taste aversion learning may be another. I heard that he got the idea after getting sick following a restaurant meal.
-Don. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, October 28, 2005 3:46 pm Subject: Accidental discoveries > I like telling students about accidental discoveries -- where > researchers are looking for one thing but stumble upon another > more > important phenomenon. It usually involves a creative > reconstruction of > the results of one's work. > > this link is a list of those sorts of things in material science: > > http://www.exn.ca/Stories/2004/04/19/51.asp > > Does anyone have examples in psychology? One that I can think of > is > "learned helplessness". The Minnesota researchers were wondering > why > their dogs were failing to learn in an avoidance paradigm. I'd > love to > know other examples. > > Bill Scott > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-tips- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
