Yerkes may refer to:
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Yerkes (surname), notable people with this surname
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Yerkes, Kentucky
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Yerkes, Pennsylvania
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Yerkes Observatory
Yerkes Observatory ( ) is an astronomical observatory located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States. The observatory was operated by the University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics from its founding in 1897 to 2018. Owne ...
, an astronomical observatory of the University of Chicago
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Yerkes luminosity classification of stars
** Yerkes scheme of
galaxy morphological classification
Galaxy morphological classification is a system used by astronomers to divide galaxies into groups based on their visual appearance. There are several schemes in use by which galaxies can be classified according to their morphologies, the most fa ...
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Yerkes National Primate Research Center
The Emory National Primate Research Center (formerly known as Yerkes National Primate Research Center) located in Atlanta, Georgia, owned by Emory University, is a center of biomedical and behavioral research, is dedicated to improving human and a ...
, one of eight national primate research centers funded by the National Institutes of Health, located in Atlanta, Georgia at Emory University
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Yerkes–Dodson law
The Yerkes–Dodson law is an empirical relationship between pressure and performance, originally developed by psychologists Robert M. Yerkes and John Dillingham Dodson in 1908. The law dictates that performance increases with physiological or ...
, an empirical relationship between arousal and performance first noted by Robert M. Yerkes and John Dillingham Dodson
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990 Yerkes, main belt asteroid
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Yerkes (crater)
Yerkes is a lunar impact crater near the western edge of Mare Crisium. It was named after American financier Charles Yerkes. To the east of Yerkes is the crater Picard, and farther to the north is Peirce.
In the past the interior of this crat ...
, on the moon
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