Walter Richard Miles | |
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Born | |
Died | May 15, 1978 | (aged 93)
Education | Pacific College University of Iowa |
Spouse | Catharine Cox Miles |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Psychology |
Institutions | Stanford University Yale University |
Doctoral advisor | Carl Seashore |
Doctoral students | Neil Miller Roger Barker |
Walter Richard Miles (March 29, 1885 – May 15, 1978) was an American psychologist and a president of the American Psychological Association (APA). He best known for his development of the two-story rat maze,[1] his research on low dose alcohol, the development of red night vision goggles for aviation pilots,[2] and the reduction of performance in aging individuals.[3][4] However, the theme of his academic career was his fascination with apparatuses to measure behavior. C. James Goodwin (2003) noted that Miles "never became a leading figure in any particular area of research in psychology... but drifted from one area to another, with the direction of the drift determined often by the presence of a particular type of apparatus or an apparatus-related problem that intrigued him" (p. 58).[5]