The WW2 experiment to make pigeon-guided missiles
An unexpected WW2 experiment by behaviourist B F Skinner proved that pigeons could be used for missile guidance.
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Ig Nobel prizes 2024: The unexpected science that won this year
B. F. Skinner was a giant in the field of behaviourism. Years after the pigeons-in-a-missile experiments, he wrote: ...
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Don't be a pigeon while investing: Stock market superstitions can be counterproductive, how to avoid them
If pigeons can develop superstitions in the face of random events, surely investors can do so too. In 1948, renowned behavioural scientist, B.F. Skinner, conducted a fascinating experiment with ...
The WWII experiment to make pigeon-guided missiles
An unexpected WWII experiment by behaviorist B F Skinner proved that pigeons could be used for missile guidance.