There are many studies conducted using cats. Continuing vision research and 
sleep studies are just a few that come to mind right now, but there are many 
others.
Carol



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From: Paul Brandon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sat 8/16/2008 1:00 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] Cats in psychological research
 
I believe that Hubel and Wiesel's early visual system research was  
done with cats.

On Aug 16, 2008, at 12:53 PM, Michael Britt wrote:

> This question is prompted by the fact that we just got a cat: I was
> wondering who else used cats in their research besides Thorndike.  I
> know Thorndike's used cats in his infamous puzzle boxes to
> substantiate the "law" of effect, but any other well known
> psychological studies use cats?

Paul Brandon
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Minnesota State University, Mankato
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