Allen Neuringer is an American psychologist. He is a highly published and well regarded scientist in the field of the experimental analysis of behavior, as pioneered by B.F. Skinner.[not verified in body] His areas of research include human volition studies, the generation of randomness in organisms, self-experimentation, and many other areas.[not verified in body] He received his B.A. at Columbia College in 1962, and his PhD from Harvard University in 1967.[1] He served on National Institute of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF) committees,[2] received numerous awards and grants for his research,[clarification needed][not verified in body] and has published widely.[3] As of June 2008, Neuringer retired as a professor of psychology at Reed College.[4]
Neuringer was born ca. 1940. He received his B.A. at Columbia College. He did his PhD at Harvard University.[5]
As of June 2008, Neuringer retired as a professor of psychology at Reed College.[citation needed]
He has also been an editor or assistant editor on four journals,[citation needed] and currently is an editor for the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (JEAB).[citation needed] He has been a reviewer on 23 journals, including Science and the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.[citation needed]
He served on National Institute of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF) committees.[clarification needed][citation needed]
Neuringer is a social scientist in the field of the experimental analysis of behavior, as pioneered by B.F. Skinner.[citation needed] His areas of research include human volition studies, the generation of randomness in organisms, self-experimentation, and many other areas.[citation needed]
Neuringer's work focused on the production of "pure randomness" in human and other organismic behavior, something that was widely considered impossible.[citation needed] Matching and reinforcing human and animal responses to a random number generator he was able to have humans and other organisms behave "randomly".[citation needed]
Neuringer has suggested that behavior analysis as a field might benefit from using experimental designs that explicitly and directly attempted to meliorate the condition of an experimental subject. He envisaged placing practical everyday goals as the objective of experiments and, especially, self-experiments.[citation needed]
Neuringer's work has received numerous NSF/NIMH grants.[citation needed]
Neuringer, with his wife, live in a house they built in a forested area in the State of Oregon.[6]