Miller, N. E. (1985). The value of behavioral research on animals. American Psychologist, 423-440.
       
A. Research benefiting animals
  1. Taste aversion effect that has been used to protect animals from predators.
  2. Imprinting research that has helped biologists rescue endangered species.
  3. Saving salmon from research on their migration.
  4. Research on behavior of animals used to provide habitat necessary for their survival.
  5. Biomedical research on animals to protect pets from rabies, distemper, heartworm, pavo virus, resipiratory and other diseases.
       
B. Research benefitting humans.
  1. Principles of learning and behavior--importance of immediate reinforcement, shaping, generalization, extinction, conditioning, etc.
  2. Treatment of enuresis
  3. Behavioral medicine (e.g., the Lange and Melamed (1969) article on the 9-month old child suffering from life-threatening malnutrition and dehydration.
  4. Pigeons with keen vision taught to detect colored life preservers and life rafts in the oceon.
  5. Behavior Therapy
    a. Wolpe (1958) Psychotherapy by reciprical inhibition.
      1. Systematic desensitization was based upon the principles of learning based upon animal research.
    b. Behavioral therapy for the treatment of phobias and compulsions.
      1. Now considered the treatment of choice.
      Biofeedback training
      1. Boy (age 3) hit by a car and received head trauma.
      2. Boy suffering from spastic right arm and hand.
      3. At age 9, he was given 10 sessions of biofeedback training over a two-week period.