Girden E
Am J Psychol. 1983 Summer;96(2):243-52.
Rapid expansion and increasing specialization, characteristics of the progress of science in general, occurred in physiological psychology in the 1930s. The development of E. A. K. Culler's laboratory at the University of Illinois may be representative of this phenomenon. Controversial problems raised during the writer's participation in the laboratory, such as conditioning in the decorticate and distribution and function of the cerebral auditory system, are considered from a present-day perspective. It is suggested that conceptual constraints imposed by some outstanding leaders, as illustrated with Pavlov, may no longer play the dominant role as described earlier in psychology's growth.
迅速扩张和日益专业化是科学发展的总体特征，在20世纪30年代的生理心理学领域也出现了这种情况。伊利诺伊大学E.A.K.卡勒实验室的发展或许就是这一现象的代表。本文作者在该实验室参与研究期间所引发的一些有争议的问题，比如去皮质动物的条件作用以及大脑听觉系统的分布和功能，将从当今的视角进行探讨。有人认为，像巴甫洛夫所展现的那样，一些杰出领导者所施加的概念性限制，可能不再像心理学发展早期所描述的那样发挥主导作用。
