What is he best known for?
The fields of study Herbert S. Terrace is best known for:
- Cognition
- Operant conditioning
- Reinforcement
Many of his studies involve connections with topics such as Sign (mathematics), Variable (mathematics) and Generalization and Mathematical analysis.
He connects Variable (mathematics) with Mathematical analysis in his research.
His Generalization study often links to related topics such as Epistemology.
He combines Epistemology and Cognitive science in his research.
Cognitive science and Cognitive psychology are two areas of study in which he engages in interdisciplinary research.
Cognitive psychology is often connected to Stimulus (psychology) in his work.
In his research, Herbert S. Terrace undertakes multidisciplinary study on Stimulus (psychology) and Social psychology.
He integrates several fields in his works, including Social psychology and Imitation.
His Linguistics research incorporates a variety of disciplines, including Sentence, Utterance and Communication.
His most cited work include:
- DISCRIMINATION LEARNING WITH AND WITHOUT “ERRORS”1 (679 citations)
- Can an Ape Create a Sentence? (571 citations)
- ERRORLESS TRANSFER OF A DISCRIMINATION ACROSS TWO CONTINUA1 (279 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date
His research brings together the fields of Animal learning and Cognitive psychology.
He performs integrative study on Artificial intelligence and Cognitive science.
In his works, he conducts interdisciplinary research on Cognitive science and Artificial intelligence.
Herbert S. Terrace integrates Communication and Linguistics in his research.
He integrates Linguistics and Communication in his studies.
In most of his Social psychology studies, his work intersects topics such as Reinforcement.
His Recall study frequently links to adjacent areas such as Serial learning.
His research ties Recall and Serial learning together.
Herbert S. Terrace performs multidisciplinary study in Developmental psychology and Social psychology in his work.
Herbert S. Terrace most often published in these fields:
- Cognitive psychology (71.15%)
- Artificial intelligence (44.23%)
- Communication (36.54%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1996-2002)?
- Cognitive psychology (100.00%)
- Recall (75.00%)
- Serial learning (75.00%)
In recent works Herbert S. Terrace was focusing on the following fields of study:
Cognitive psychology is closely attributed to Animal learning in his work.
Recall is often connected to Serial learning in his work.
His Serial learning study frequently links to other fields, such as Recall.
He merges many fields, such as Free recall and Serial position effect, in his writings.
Herbert S. Terrace integrates Serial position effect with Free recall in his research.
His work on ENCODE expands to the thematically related Biochemistry.
Herbert S. Terrace regularly links together related areas like Biochemistry in his ENCODE studies.
Herbert S. Terrace performs multidisciplinary study in Artificial intelligence and Cognitive science in his work.
In his works, Herbert S. Terrace conducts interdisciplinary research on Cognitive science and Cognitive psychology.
Between 1996 and 2002, his most popular works were:
- Knowledge of the Ordinal Position of List Items in Rhesus Monkeys (113 citations)
- Serial learning by rhesus monkeys: II. Learning four-item lists by trial and error. (15 citations)
- The Comparative Psychology of Chunking (9 citations)
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