An unexpected WW2 experiment by behaviourist B F Skinner proved that pigeons could be used for missile guidance.

If you took an intro to psych course back in high school or college, you may remember B.F. Skinner as the father of “behaviorism.” He’s the guy who trained rats and pigeons to press levers ...

If pigeons can develop superstitions in the face of random events, surely investors can do so too. In 1948, renowned behavioural scientist, B.F. Skinner, conducted a fascinating experiment with ...

Skinner (1904-1990), a well-known American psychologist, for what he himself called a “crackpot” project in 1960 to explore whether pigeons could be trained to guide missiles. Skinner trained ...

Historian Rhys Jones Skinner’s experiments showed that pigeons will become more addicted to pecking a button that delivers seeds if they don’t know when the seeds will be dispatched.

Operant conditioning (behavior modification) is a metaphor for accountability. B.F. Skinner was an experimental psychologist at the University of Minnesota in the 1940s whose name and work came to ...

An unexpected WWII experiment by behaviorist B F Skinner proved that pigeons could be used for missile guidance.