Emeritus Professor, Psychology
Dept. of Psychology
Boston University
64 Cummington Street
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: (617) 353-2585
Fax: (617) 353-6933
E-mail: harrison@bu.edu
Undergraduate Degree, Institution of Electrical Engineers (London)
Ph.D., Psychology, University of London.
Dr. Harrison's interest lies in the experimental study of the way sounds control the behavior of land dwelling mammals. Much of the work is carried out within an ethological context with the aim of finding the fit between the animal's behavior and the demands of everyday acoustic environments. The methods developed from this work are being applied to the study of reaction time as a function of SPL level, with an ultimate emphasis on "recruitment" as represented by masked reaction times.
Harrison, J.M., and N. Thompson-Allen (2000). "Measurement of the regulation of organ pipes." Journal of American Organbuilding 15, 7-8.
Harrison, J.M., and N. Thompson-Allen. (2000). "Constancy of loudness of pipe organ sounds at different locations in a auditorium." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 108, 389-399.
Harrison, J.M., and N. Thompson-Allen (1999). "The documentation of the pipe organ." Journal of American Organbuilding 14, 4-5.
Thompson-Allen, N., and J. M. Harrison. (1998). "Effect of climate upon organ tone." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 103, 3734-3736.
Harrison, J.M., and N. Thompson-Allen (1998). "Steady state spectra of diapason class stops of the Newbury Memorial organ, Yale University" J. Acoust. Soc. Am 103, 626-628.
Harrison, J.M., amd N. Thompson-Allen (1996). "Loudness level survey of the Newbury Memorial organ, Yale University." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 100, 3909-3916.
Harrison, J.M. (1994) "The representative animal" The Behavior Analyst, 17, 207-219.
Harrison, J.M. (1994) "Discussion of comments on 'The representative animal'" The Behavior Analyst, 17, 233-239.
Harrison, J.M. (1992a) "Avoiding conflicts between the natural behavior of the animal and the demands of discrimination experiments" J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 92, #3, 1331-1345.
Harrison, J.M. (1992b) "Symposium: recollections of B.F. Skinner" Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Sciences, 27, 258-266.