Neurobiology of Comparative CognitionRaymond P. Kesner, David S. Olton This book represents a unique and elaborate exposition of the neural organization of language, memory, and spatial perception in a wide variety of species including humans, bees, fish, rodents, and monkeys. The editors have united the comparative approach with its emphasis on evolutionary determinants of behavior, the neurobiological approach with its emphasis on the neural determinants of behavior, and the cognitive approach with its emphasis on understanding higher-order mental functions. The combination of these three approaches provides an unusual look at the neurobiology of comparative cognition, and should stimulate increased investigations in this field and related disciplines. |
Contents
Human Language | 21 |
Vocal Communication in Primates | 51 |
Bird Song | 77 |
NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY | 127 |
Brain Mechanisms of Learning in Reptiles | 157 |
Learning and Memory in Rats With an Emphasis | 179 |
Learning Memory | 205 |
Learning Memory and Cognition in Honey Bees | 237 |
Learning and Memory in Aplysia and Other | 293 |
Frameworks for the Study of Human Spatial Impairments | 317 |
Functions of the Primate Hippocampus | 339 |
Conceptual | 363 |
Spatial Navigation in Birds | 423 |
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