Tim Robinson (psychology)

Tim Robinson is an American researcher in psychology whose work included trying to find out about physiological functions through using animal models. He looked into the effect of electrical stimulation on seizures and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A 1961 graduate of Forest Lake Area High School, he is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Gustavus Adolphus College. He was a 1965 graduate of Gustavus and has served on the school’s faculty since 1969. From 1999 until 2008, Professor Robinson served as Director of the Nobel Conference, the first annual conference in the U.S. to be officially sanctioned by the Nobel Foundation of Stockholm, Sweden. He also edited the book on the history of the conference "Future of Science: 1975 Nobel Conference".
Selected publications
* Robinson, T.C.L. (Ed.), (1977) Proceedings of the XI (1975) Nobel Conference on the Future of Science, Gustavus Adolphus College, Wiley, New York (Note: in subsequent printings of this volume, Sir John Eccles was added as the primary editor: Eccles, J. C., (1977). The Future of Science: 1975 Nobel Conference (Vol. 11). John Wiley & Sons.)
* Roberts, W. W., & Robinson, T. C. (1969). Relaxation and sleep induced by warming of preoptic region and anterior hypothalamus in cats. Experimental neurology, 25(2), 282-294.
* Roberts, W. W., Bergquist, E. H., & Robinson, T. C. (1969). Thermoregulatory grooming and sleep-like relaxation induced by local warming of preoptic area and anterior hypothalamus in opossum. Journal of comparative and physiological psychology, 67(2p1), 182.
* Robinson, Timothy Carl Lidfors (1972) Effect of electrical stimulation of vagus nerve afferents on food motivated behavior of cats, Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 1971.

Main Menu

See Also

Main Menu