Distinguished University Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychology
Program in Neuroscience & Cognitive Science
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
2123E Biology-Psychology Building
General Research Interests:
- Study of motivation in animals
- Vision of birds and how visual information is processed in the avian central nervous system
- Determination of the central visual pathways in the nervous systems of birds
- Application of various behavioral psychophysical techniques to measure (in pigeons, quail, hawks, owls, starlings, and other birds) :
- Visual acuity
- Luminance differences
- Spatial and temporal contrast sensitivity
- Physiological optics of the eyes of various birds
- Evolution of the brain
- Evolution of behavior, comparative neuroanatomy, and animal intelligence