Education

• B.A., Louisiana State University, 1964
• M.A., Louisiana State University, 1967
• Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1969

Research Interests

• Began career in biopsychology
• In later years, main focuses were history of psychology and authoring textbooks
   

Representative Publications

• Thorne, B.M., & Watson, J.B. (1999). When was Rosalie Rayner born? Psychological Reports, 85, 269-270.
• Thorne, B.M. (2000). Extra Credit Exercise: A painless pop quiz. Teaching of Psychology, 27, 204-205.
• Thorne, B.M., & Giesen, J.M. (2000) Statistics for the behavioral sciences (3rd ed.). Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.
• Thorne, B.M., & Henley, T.B. (2001). Connections in the history and systems of psychology (2nd ed.). Boston:Houghton Mifflin Company.