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Highlighting the extraordinary advances that have been made in the field of behavioural neuroscience over recent decades, this book examines how behaviours can be understood in terms of their neural mechanisms. Each chapter outlines the components of a particular behaviour, discussing laboratory techniques, the key brain structures involved, and the underpinning cellular and molecular mechanisms. Commins covers a range of topics including learning in a simple invertebrate, fear conditioning, taste aversion, sound localization, and echolocation in bats, as well as more complex behaviours, such as language development, spatial navigation and circadian rhythms. Demonstrating key processes through clear, step-by-step explanations and numerous illustrations, this will be valuable reading for students of zoology, animal behaviour, psychology, and neuroscience.
- Provides an introduction to brain, behaviour and neurons, drawing on examples from a wide range of behaviours and species from the simplest organisms to humans
- Offers step-by-step explanations of the mechanisms underlying various behaviours, helping students to understand complex neural processes
- A summary box at the end of each chapter poses open questions, stimulating further interest and encouraging readers to think about where their research might go next
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Neurons and neural communication
2. An introduction to the brain
3. Neuroscientific methods
4. Examination of animal behaviour: general principles and techniques
5. Habituation and sensitisation in the Aplysia
6. Classical conditioning in the Aplysia
7. Long-term synaptic plasticity in mammals I: long-term potentiation (LTP)
8. Long-term synaptic plasticity in mammals II: long-term depression (LTD)
9. Eye-blink conditioning
10. Fear conditioning
11. Taste aversion
12. Sound localisation
13. Bat echolocation
14. Spatial navigation
15. Birdsong learning
16. Circadian rhythms
Index.
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| Author | Seán Commins, Maynooth University, Ireland |
|---|---|
| ISBN / EAN | 9781107506992 |
| Number of pages | 232 |
| Version | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Year | 2018 |
| Characteristics | Dieren | Gedrag | Psychologie |
| Article no. | DH946 |
| Kenmerken (En) | Animals | Behavior | Psychology |
| Information | 246 x 190 x 13 mm - 259 b/w illus. 1 table |
