Subject: Animal Research
Five Minute History Lessons
James V. McConnell
James V. McConnell was an experimental psychologist who spent his career at the University of Michigan. He is best known for his work in comparative psychology and his memory transfer research flat worms. But did you know he was also a target of the Unabomber?
Archival Films & Recordings
The Intelligence of White Rats
This film footage from the 1930s shows early studies of maze learning, problem solving, and insight in white rats at the University of Berlin.
Length: 3 minutes
Originally recorded: ca. 1930s
Eckhard Hess, Imprinting Research
This film provides an inside look at the work of Eckhard Hess, who famously replicated Konrad Lorenz's imprinting studies in a controlled laboratory setting. outdoors. Viewers see a duckling following a fabricated wooden mallard in the laboratory and outdoors.
Length: 3 minutes
Originally recorded: Undated