拉什利·卡尔·斯宾塞(Lashley Karl Spencer,1890~1958),美国生理心理学家。1890年6月7日生于西弗吉尼亚州戴维斯城,1958年8月7日卒于巴黎。1915年获霍普金斯大学博士学位。
拉什利的记忆理论是不正确的,但也不是完全错误的。
Lashley's theory of memory was not right, but neither was it completely wrong.
为了解开这个谜,拉什利训练一群老鼠走迷宫,把食物放在迷宫尽头刺激老鼠找到重点。
To find out, he trained rats to complete a maze, drawing them to the end with a food reward.
拉什利没有找到这个记忆痕迹——无论他对它们的大脑的哪个部位进行破坏,他的实验动物仍然能够找到迷津的通路。
Lashley failed to find the engram-his experimental animals were still able to find their way through the maze, no matter where he put lesions on their brains.
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