Yerkes

• “In the late 1970s, Dr, Herbert Benson, my erstwhile colleague and boss at what was then Boston's Beth Israel Hospital, co-authored an article for the Harvard Business Review featuring an arcane, but immediately obvious, relationship called the Yerkes-Dodson Law.”

  Joan Borysenko: Relax and Be More Productive

• “That's when Weinberg told me about something called the Yerkes-Dodson Biphasic Curve, which, in layman's terms, is shaped like an inverted "u.”

  Newsweek: American Beat: My Best Friend, Joe

• “His keen eye and diligent study opened the doors for him at observatories such as Yerkes and Lick.”

  Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast – December 11-13, 2009 | Universe Today

• “We are very weird animals," said Emory University anthropologist Todd Preuss at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta, who wasn't involved in the study.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Brain Shrinkage: It's Only Human

• “It's crazy," said Isabel Yerkes , 24, who lives across the hallway from Mr. Pimentel's apartment.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Suspect Plotted From Apartment

• “Devyn Carter, Malini Suchak, and Frans de Waal of the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, is the first to document what the researchers call "spontaneous prosocial choice by chimpanzees," a species that, until now, was thought to be "indifferent to the welfare" of others.”

  The Huffington Post: Eric Michael Johnson: Rise of the Kindness of the Apes

• “By the way, I was in stunt legend, Bob Yerkes, office the other day and I saw one of these EXACT same swords leaning against the wall.”

  New Footage from The Adventures of Conan Live Show!

• “Read “The Mismeasure of Man” by Stephen Jay Gould for a good look at how Yerkes and others have jerked us around for decades.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Paying for the Experience that Counts

• “For the past 20 years de Waal has lived and worked in Atlanta, Georgia where he operates the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University.”

  The Huffington Post: Eric Michael Johnson: Frans de Waal on Politics, Fairness, and Human Nature

• “The unknown substance, Yerkes wrote, "was not smoke, for the residue fell to the water, where smoke would have lingered.”

  The Huffington Post: Riki Ott: An Open Letter to US EPA, Region 6

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