A Remarkable Book
Abstract
Winston Churchill in old age was presented by the House of Commons with his portrait,
painted by Graham Sutherland, a well-known British artist. When the picture was
unveiled in Westminster Hall, Churchill looked at it for a few seconds and then commented:
“The portrait is a remarkable example of modern art!” Just what he meant by “remarkable”
may be inferred from the fact that the picture has never been seen again (Clementine
Churchill evidently burnt it). It is in this sense that The Myth of Ownership is
a remarkable book...
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John E. R. Staddon
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience
Until my retirement in 2007, my laboratory did experimental research on learning and
adaptive behavior, mostly with animals: pigeons, rats, fish, parakeets. We were particularly
interested in timing and memory, feeding regulation, habituation and the ways in which
pigeons and rats adapt to reward schedules. The aim is to arrive at simple models
for learning that can help to identify the underlying neural mechanisms. I continue
to do theoretical and historical work on the power law in
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