In article <2hpbbv$3k8 at samba.oit.unc.edu>,
W. Jeffrey Wilson <Wjeffrey.Wilson at launchpad.unc.edu> wrote:
>Small (_Amer. J. Psychol._, 1901, _12_, 206-239) gives the first reference
>of which I am aware for the use of a maze for studying behavior in the
>rat. Who was the first to use a T-maze? Any leads or references will be
>appreciated. Please email me at the address given below. Thanks!
>
I really don't have any extensive materials on mazes handy, so I am
more or less posting this from memory. I know that Yerkes used a
T-maze with the earthworm in 1912 (Yerkes, R.M. (1912) The intelligence
of earthworms. Journal of Animal Behavior, 2, 332-352), but that
seems rather late. You might try the review by Dember & Fowler (Psych
Bull, 1958), but I'm not sure if it has any historical notes.
A wonderful piece on the history of the maze is Olton's article
(Olton, D.S. (1979). Mazes, maps, and memory. American Psychologist,
34, 583-596).
By the way, I've seen an earlier Small article: Small, W.S. (1900).
An experimental study of the mental processes of the rat. American
Journal of Psychology, 11, 133-165. Also, mazes were, of course, used
with lower animals at least several years before Small's experiments.
By the way, I've
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Howard Crosby Warren crosby at ren.psy.jhu.edu
Department of Psychology
The Johns Hopkins University
