LABORATORY AND BRANCH RESEARCH REVIEWS 125Laboratory of Psychology, NIMH
The original plan was to have two separate psychology laboratories, one
in the basic research program and one in the clinical research program.
Kety had envisioned a basic Laboratory of Psychology consisting of four
sections–Aging, Animal Behavior, Human Behavior, and Special Senses.^1
Cohen had hoped to address the more clinical and developmental
aspects of the field of psychology. While Kety relied on Bobbitt, Program
Planner, and Eberhart, Extramural Program Director, for advice on pos
sible psychologists, Cohen consulted with Shakow, then a member of
the National Mental Health Advisory Council, and relied on the fruitful
collaborations and relationships with psychologists that had stemmed
from his earlier work in the Department of Defense.^2
David Shakow, Ph.D.
Donated to the Office of NIH History
by Dr. Morris Parloff
After several unsuccessful hiring attempts for chiefs in both labora
tories, Cohen suggested to Kety that the clinical and basic resources be
combined and a joint laboratory offered to Shakow. Kety agreed, but