RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

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renal cortex to the symptoms and progress of
the disease. To control the results accurately,
comparisons are made with normal persons living
at the institution under the same conditions as
the patients. The Foundation's grant covers
salaries of research personnel, equipment needs,
and expenses of hospitalizing normal persons as
controls.
Cornell University Medical College
Studies of Reflex Behavior in Relation to Neuroses
At Cornell University studies of reflex behavior
in relation to neuroses are being conducted
under the direction of Professor H. S.
Liddell. The
method employed in these investigations
is the study of conditioned reflexes
in animals, a technique for the investigation of
reflex behavior introduced by Ivan Pavlov and
offering many possibilities for further exploration,
modification, and application,
The interest of Professor Liddell and his associates
centers chiefly on the study of neurotic
behavior in animals, as produced by modifying
their conditioned reflexes, and
the effect on
such behavior of removal of the thyroid gland
or administration of thyroid extract, cortin, or
other internal secretions. This type of research
has direct bearing on knowledge of the integrative
action of the nervous system in neuroses
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