William Thomas Heron | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 3, 1897 |
| Died | July 18, 1988 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | W.T. Heron |
| Education | University of Chicago |
| Spouse |
Joan Lenertz (m. 1955–1988) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | University of Minnesota |
| Thesis | Individual differences in ability versus change in the learning of the stylus maze (1924) |
| Doctoral advisor | Harvey A. Carr[1]: 128 |
| Doctoral students | Dwight Ingle Kenneth MacCorquodale |
William Thomas Heron (January 3, 1897 – July 18, 1988) was a professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota.[2] He co-authored six papers with B.F. Skinner in the 1930s, making him Skinner's most frequent co-author during the latter's career.[3] He is known for an experiment he conducted in 1952, in which he and a graduate student attempted to test the validity of extrasensory perception.[4][5]