Curt Richter: a life in the laboratory
Editorial JOHNS HOPKINS U.P.
Festland Spanien
- Verlag JOHNS HOPKINS U.P.
- ISBN13 9780801880735
- ISBN10 0801880734
- Gegenstandsart Buch
- Buchseiten 187
- Jahr der Ausgabe 2005
- Bindung Stoffeinband
Curt Richter: a life in the laboratory
Editorial JOHNS HOPKINS U.P.
Festland Spanien
Buch Details
"In the first half of the twentieth century, psychology was a discipline in search of scientific legitimacy. Debates raged over how much of human and animal behavior is instinctive and how much is learned, and how behavior could be quantified accurately. At the Johns Hopkins University's new Phipps Psychiatric Clinic, Curt P. Richter stood aside from these heated arguments, choosing instead to apply his data-collection methods, innovative measurement techniques, playful sense of exploration, and consummate surgical skill to laboratory examinations of the biological basis of behavior." From identifying the biological clocks that govern behavior and physiology to observing the self-regulation of nutrient levels by the body, the cyclical nature of some mental illnesses, and the causes of hopelessness, Richter's wide-ranging discoveries not only influenced the burgeoning field of psychobiology and paved the way for later researchers but also often had implications for the treatment of patients in the clinic.