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Birth
Kenneth Craik was born on March 23, 1914 in Leith, Edinburg, United Kingdom. -
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WWII Service
During WWII, Dr. Craik assisted the RAF with designing training equipment for pilots. He assisted/designed various simulators and researched fatigue. -
Received Doctorate from Cambridge University
Dr. Craik was a polymath with an interest in philosophy. He had a particular fascination with visual adaptation. -
Fellowship with Magdalen Dorothea Vernon
Dr. Craik assisted and published joint papers with Vernon regarding dark adaptation. -
The Nature of Explanation
Dr. Craik developed the theory of mental models. The Nature of Explanation proposes "that thought models, or parallels, reality — that its essential feature is not ‘the mind’, ‘the self’, ‘sense-data’ nor propositions but symbolism, and that this symbolism is largely of the same kind as that which is familiar to us in mechanical devices which aid thought and calculation." -
First Director of Applied Psychology Unit
The United Kingdom Medical Research Council established the Applied Psychology Unit in 1944. It is a center for cognitive neuroscience. -
Death
Kenneth was tragically killed in an automotive vs. pedestrian accident. He was struck while riding his bike on 8 March 1945, and died the following day. -
Part 1 - Theory of Human Operators in Control Systems is published
Published posthumously by the British Journal of Psychology -
Part 2 - Theory of Human Operators in Control Systems is published
Published posthumously by the British Journal of Psychology -
The Nature of Psychology: A Selection of Papers, Essays, and Other Writings by Kenneth J.W. Craik is published
Stephen L Sherwood edited an publish an anthology of Craik's writings.