The ''Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology'' was a peer-reviewed

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published by the

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. It was established in 1921 as the result of a merger between two journals, ''Psychobiology'' (1918-1920) and the ''Journal of Animal Behavior'' (1911-1916), under the title ''

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''. It was renamed ''Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology'' in 1947. Publication ceased in 1982 when the journal was split into ''Behavioral Neuroscience'' and the re-instated ''

''.Dewsbury, Donald A. (June 2012)
Historical trends in American comparative psychology.
''The Behavioral Neuroscientist and Comparative Psychologist'' From 1965 till 1982, the journal was abstracted and indexed in

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{{Reflist Comparative psychology journals American Psychological Association academic journals Publications established in 1921 Publications disestablished in 1982 Defunct journals of the United States English-language journals