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THE question of the adaptability of man was the theme of Dr. S. J. F. Philpott's address before Section J (Psychology). Many of the problems psychologists have handled during the War and that will face them during the peace have had to do with man's adaptability. Can a bank clerk be changed, almost overnight, into a tank gunner? Can he be changed back by a stroke of the pen?
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Man's Adaptability. Nature 160, 288 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160288a0
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