Roland Clark Davis (December 20, 1902– February 23, 1961) was an American psychologist recognized for his innovation in instrumentation and measurement of electrophysiological phenomena.
[2] Davis published over 70 articles on psychophysiology and related topics across a 30-year career[3][2] and mentored many graduate students at Indiana University Bloomington from 1931 through 1961.
[1] Davis was recognized as a leader in the Department of Psychology, and he was one of the few members of the senior faculty to remain in his position through World War II.
[2] At Indiana University, Davis directed the master's and doctoral theses of 29 graduate students, including Oran Wendle Eagleson.
[4] A Vacuum Tube for Stabilizing the Current During Measurements of the Galvanic Reflex (1929) [11] Factors Affecting the Galvanic Reflex (1930) [10] Electrical Skin Resistance Before, During, and After a Period of Noise Stimulation (1932) [15] Modification of the Galvanic Reflex by Daily Repetition of a Stimulus (1934) [16] Apparatus for Recording Autonomic States and Changes (1954) [17] Response Patterns (1957) [18] An Exploration of Somatic Response Patterns: Stimulus and Sex Differences (1957) [12] The Pattern of Somatic Response During a Repetitive Motor Task and its Modification by Visual Stimuli (1957) [19] The Domain of Homeostasis (1958) [14] A Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope Apparatus for the Psychological Laboratory (1931) [20] Properties of Electrodes Used in Recording Action Potentials from the Intact Organism (1936) [21] Methods of Measuring Muscle Tension (1942) [22] An Integrator and Accessory Apparatus for Recording Action Potentials (1948) [23] Adaptation of the Muscular Tension Response to Gunfire (1949) [24] Autonomic and Muscular Response and Their Relationship to Simple Stimuli (1955) [25] American Psychology 1800-1885 (1936) [26] Physiological Psychology: A View of Fifty Years (1958) [27]