Bennet Murdock
Bennet Murdock | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 18, 1925 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | March 26, 2022 (aged 96) |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Known for | Work on short-term memory |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | University of Toronto |
| Thesis | The effects of failure and retroactive inhibition on mediated generalization (1951) |
| Doctoral advisor | Leonard W. Doob |
| Doctoral students | Stephan Lewandowsky |
Bennet Bronson Murdock Jr. (October 18, 1925 – March 26, 2022) was an American psychologist known for his research on human memory, especially his pioneering research into short-term memory.