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published both satirical articles, such as "A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown", and scientific papers, the most famous of which, "Memory transfer through cannibalism in planarians", was a result of McConnell's
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After complaints that the satirical articles and the scientific publications were not distinguishable, the satirical articles were printed upside down in the back half of the
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jargon that terms psychologists who work with rats "rat runners" and those who work with insects "bug runners."
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in an effort to make the publication more acceptable to the scientific community.
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memory transfer experiments with planarian worms and was later published in the
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along with a topsy turvy back cover. In 1966, the title was changed to the
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The title for the W.R.D., McConnell explained, was an extension of the
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The magazine ceased publication in 1979. Articles from the
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Sommer, Robert (1991). "James McConnell (1925–1990)".
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Index

James V. McConnell
planarian
RNA
Journal of Neuropsychiatry
psychological
Journal of Biological Psychology
anthologies
Annals of Improbable Research


"Psychological hijinks"
doi
10.1037/0003-066X.46.6.650


"Publications: Worm Runners on the Run"
the original
Categories
Satirical magazines published in the United States
Zoology journals
Defunct animal and pet magazines
Defunct English-language magazines
Magazines established in 1959
Magazines disestablished in 1979
Defunct magazines published in the United States
1959 establishments in the United States
1979 disestablishments in the United States

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