It has been 40 years since this, the seed of this research unit, was sown. In this time it has had many formal names and probably even more informal names - including “The Ph.D. Factory” - and has had three locations. Still, some things have not changed: It has always been a cooperative lab with all academic staff and graduate students taking a weekly bird-running day; ensuring that no data are private and that everyone has equal responsibility. Also, from the very earliest days, the focus has not changed; indeed some are of the opinion that the experiment has not changed. We have always been interested in choice and behavior allocation; how this is affected by aspects of reinforcers, stimuli, and procedure; and how these processes can be understood quantitatively. If success is to be measured by formal “outputs” then we have outputted nearly 40 Ph.D.s, even more Master's and honors dissertations, and nearly 150 well-cited publications. However, much less quantifiable and far more gratifying, we have- I believe - enjoyed the whole business, the playfulness of doing research, and the realization that each year we have more and more questions that need to be answered. This award goes to everyone whom has contributed to the lab and its research over this long time.
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