Thomas R. Zentall is a professor of psychology at the

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. His research focusses on learning and memory in non-human animals. A former president of both the

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and the

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, Zentall has over 300 publications in peer-reviewed journals. In 2014 Zentall was honoured by the

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for his contributions to the study of

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. He is a fellow of the

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