Allen Neuringer

Allen Neuringer (born ca. 1940) is an American psychologist. He is a scientist in the field of the experimental analysis of behavior, as pioneered by B.F. Skinner. His areas of research include human volition studies, the generation of randomness in organisms, self-experimentation, and many other areas. He received his B.A. at Columbia College, and his PhD from Harvard University. He served on National Institute of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF) committees, received numerous awards and grants for his research, and has published widely. As of June 2008, Dr. Neuringer retired as a professor of psychology at Reed College.

Early life and education

Allen Neuringer born ca. 1940. He received his B.A. at Columbia College. He did his PhD at Harvard University.

Career

As of June 2008, Neuringer retired as a professor of psychology at Reed College.

He has also been an editor or assistant editor on four journals, and currently is an editor for the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (JEAB). He has been a reviewer on 23 journals, including Science and the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

He served on National Institute of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF) committees.

Research interests

Neuringer is a social scientist in the field of the experimental analysis of behavior, as pioneered by B.F. Skinner. His areas of research include human volition studies, the generation of randomness in organisms, self-experimentation, and many other areas.

Randomness and behavior

Neuringer's work focused on the production of "pure randomness" in human and other organismic behavior, something that was widely considered impossible. Matching and reinforcing human and animal responses to a random number generator he was able to have humans and other organisms behave "randomly".

Melioration and self-experimentation

Dr. Neuringer has suggested that behavior analysis as a field might benefit from using experimental designs that explicitly and directly attempted to meliorate the condition of an experimental subject. He envisaged placing practical everyday goals as the objective of experiments and, especially, self-experiments.

Awards and recognition

Dr. Neuringer's work has received numerous NSF/NIMH grants.

Representative publications

References

    Further reading

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    Research related to behavioural response structures

    Research related to musical recognition

    Scholarly accounts

    The following secondary source accounts appear about his animal research related to musical recognition, in 1984:

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    Other matters

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