Neal E. Miller
Neal Elgar Miller (born August 3, 1909 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin, † March 23, 2002 in Hamden , Connecticut) was an American psychologist and pioneer of biofeedback research.
Life
Miller received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Washington in 1931 , his Masters from Stanford University in 1932, and a Ph.D. in 1935. in Psychology from Yale University . After a one year research stay at the Institute for Psychoanalysis in Vienna, he returned to Yale in 1936, where he researched and taught for 30 years. During World War II he was a senior officer of the psychological research unit # 1 of the Army Air Corps in Nashville , Tennessee, then director of the Psychological research project of the Randolph Air Force Base , Texas. He spent 15 years as a professor at Rockefeller University in New York City, where he retired in 1981 . In the early 1970s he also taught at Cornell University's Medical College . From 1985 he carried out research projects at Yale University again.
He died at the age of 92 in a retirement home in Hamden, Connecticut, leaving behind his second wife, Jean Shepler, and two children.
Miller was instrumental in developing biofeedback . He discovered that even the autonomic nervous system is receptive to classical conditioning .
Miller wrote eight books and nearly 300 professional articles. From 1960 to 1961 he was president of the American Psychological Association . In 1958 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences , 1961 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and 1968 to the American Philosophical Society . In 1964 he received the National Medal of Science from US President Johnson.
His best known student is Philip Zimbardo .
Fonts
Books
- Frustration and aggression .
- Social Learning and Imitation. Yale University Press, New Haven 1964.
- Personality and Psychotherapy.
- Graphic Communication and the Crisis in Education.
- Selected Papers on Learning, Motivation and Their Physiological Mechanisms. MW Books, Chicago, Aldine, Atherton 1971, ISBN 0202250385 .
- Conflict, Displacement, Learned Drives and Theory. Aldine, ISBN 9780202361420 .
Essays
- with R. Bugelski: Minor studies in aggression: The influence of frustrations imposed by the in-group on attitudes expressed by the out-group. In: Journal of Psychology. 25, 1948, pp. 437-442.
Web links
- Literature by and about Neal E. Miller in the catalog of the German National Library
- Photo by Neal E. Miller
- Obituary in the New York Times
- Obituary from Yale
- Neal Miller - 100 Year Anniversary
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Miller, Neal E. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Miller, Neal Elgar (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American psychologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milwaukee , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 2002 |
| Place of death | Hamden (Connecticut) , USA |