Hi Claudia,
Marian Breland-Bailey and her husband Bob Bailey are online. They also give
seminars on training chickens. My guess is Bob has a copy of the video you
seek. They have a website at http://www.hsnp.com/home/behavior/index.html
Take care,
Dr. P
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-----Original Message-----
From: Claudia Stanny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 9:29 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Chickens playing Tic-Tac-Toe
Calvin Trillin has a wonderful piece in this week's issue of The New Yorker
about a chicken that plays tic-tac-toe in a an arcade game. He talks about
the training of the chicken(s) for these games, originally by the Brelands
and later by the Baileys. He also mentions that he once saw a video of B.
F. Skinner playing tic-tac-toe with one of these chickens. Since the game
is set up so the chicken always goes first and, I assume, response choice
is directed by a simple computer program, the chicken almost invariably
wins. (Trillin notes that Skinner once managed to eke out a draw from the
chicken.)
My question is: Has anybody seen this video or know of its whereabouts? I
would love to obtain a copy.
Claudia
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