Published January 1, 2012
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What ever happened to John Dodson?
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John Dillingham Dodson was the enigmatic, less well-known contributor to the
research study that resulted in the creation of the famous Yerkes-Dodson Law. This law
is still described in introductory psychology textbooks and entering "Yerkes-Dodson"
as a search term in an Internet search engine produces many thousands of hits. This
article reveals what became of the junior partner in that classic research.