Dr.
Robert A. Rescorla
(
–
)
1940
2020
University of Pennsylvania
;
Wallingford, PA
Psychologist; Behavioral biologist; Educator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Neurosciences
Elected
2008
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology Emeritus. Performed studies on the process of association. Rescorla-Wagner model is the major component of modern understandings of the process of association. Primarily responsible for the adoption of contingency as opposed to contiguity as the major principle for understanding associations.
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