Conducted in 1919-1920, a nine-month-old baby was subject to a conditioning experiment to make him fear certain animals. Carried out by psychologist John B. Watson and his grad student Rosalie Rayner, ...

Watson and his assistant gave Albert a white lab rat; he was unafraid and tried to touch the rat. He was afraid, however, when they clanged metal with a hammer just behind his head, and he cried.

A giant rat landed on Albert Square in an attention-grabbing fire and rehire protest. Four organisers of Unite the Union ...