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The Mechner Foundation
The Mechner Foundation is a non-profit organization based in New York City. Its interests and pursuits, principally in the behavioral sciences, music, art, and strategy games, reflect those of its founder Francis Mechner. The Foundation's projects have in common their linkages to the life sciences and arts, their unifying theme being the long-term enhancement of the quality of life.
 Foundation Pursuits
• Basic and applied research in the field of behavior, including:

°  The development and applications of a language for codifying behavioral contingencies in such diverse fields as economics, law, business management, clinical psychology, education, public affairs, games, and military planning.
°  The technology and theory for learning and practicing any skilled performance, such as musical performance, athletics, dance, language skills, or martial arts.
°  Basic laboratory research on such topics as resurgence, the effects of history variables on current behavior, the internal structure of operant responses, mechanisms responsible for the effects of reinforcement and behavior shaping, and related topics.
°  Exploration of the synergisms between neuroscience and behavior analysis.

• Advancement of the arts, including music, painting, and strategy games like chess and the oriental strategy game of go.

• Exploration and analysis of contemporary societal and environmental issues, and research on the histories of European families that survived the Holocaust.
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The Foundation welcomes the possibility of collaboration with individuals and organization performing research in areas related to the Foundation's pursuits. From time to time, the Foundation has provided grants to support such research. For more information, please click here.

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The Foundation is seeking to locate the most important paintings of the Ukrainian-born painter Solomon Lerner (1890-1963) with a view to bringing his life's work to the attention of the art world.