Skinner Box | Experiment & Operant Conditioning

The Fun Fact: Renowned behaviorist B.F. Skinner once proposed a pigeon-guided missile system for the U.S. military. During WWII, Skinner's "Project Pigeon" involved placing a pigeon in the nose cone of a missile. The pigeon was trained to peck at a target image on a screen. These pecks would then, through a system of pulleys and electronics, make tiny course corrections to steer the missile toward its target, like a biological seeker head. The project was surprisingly effective in trials but was

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