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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 These include:

the technology and theory for learning and practicing any skilled performance, including musical performance, athletic performance, language skills, martial arts, dance, drawing, playing chess or go, etc.

basic research that utilizes the "revealed operant" technique -- a laboratory research model developed by Mechner that permits measurement of the internal structure of operant responses. The technique is used by the foundation to study reinforcement, resurgence, shaping, and other behavioral phenomena.

advancement of art, music, chess, and the oriental strategy game go.

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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.