Yerkes, Robert Mearns
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...renamed the Yerkes Laboratories of Primate Biology in 1942) at Orange Park, Fla. He is known for his work in comparative psychology, the experimental study of animal behavior, and his research in psychobiology. His works include The Mental...