Rethinking the Three R's in Animal Research Replacement, Reduction, Refinement /

• Main Author: Lauwereyns, Jan (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Cognitive psychology.; Neurosciences.; Bioethics.; Psychology-Methodology.; Psychological measurement.; Cognitive Psychology.; Psychological Methods/Evaluation.

This work challenges the current reliance on "The Three R's" or Replacement, Reduction and Refinement which direct most animal research in the behavioral sciences. The author argues that these principles that were developed in the 1950's to guide the use of animals in research st...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Concept Fatigue with the Three Rs
• 2. A Mismatch between Micromotives and Macrobehavior
• 3. The Monkey Question
• 4. If Not Replacement, then Agreement
• 5. Conclusion.