Progress in Physiological Psychology
Volume 2
- 1st Edition - November 13, 2013
- Editors: Eliot Stellar, James M. Sprague
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 9 9 9 1 - 7
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 1 1 5 1 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 2 4 9 4 - 7
Progress in Physiological Psychology, Volume 2 is a five-chapter text that covers the advances both in experimental and theoretical studies on physiological psychology. Chapter 1… Read more
Progress in Physiological Psychology, Volume 2 is a five-chapter text that covers the advances both in experimental and theoretical studies on physiological psychology. Chapter 1 deals with the application of recording of cortical steady potentials (DC potentials) to problems of motivation and learning, reflecting electrical changes correlated with these aspects of behavior and suggesting that steady potential shift may be a neurophysiological manifestation of Hull's behavioral concept of reaction potential. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the neurological mechanisms at work in learning and memory, especially the electrophysiological and neurochemical processes. Chapter 3 considers first the general properties of populations and communities of plants and animals, followed by a discussion on the influence of population pressures on various stages of reproductive function. This chapter also surveys the various theories concerned with the integration of mechanisms that regulate population growth and the natural selection of these mechanisms. Chapter 4 discusses the social interactions and population pressures, which act through the neuroendocrine systems to produce the degenerative changes that characterize arteriosclerosis, pancreatitis, cancer, and other diseases so prominent in civilized man. Chapter 5 describes the maternal and mating behavior showing the important role of limbic structures in positive as well as in negative motivated behavior. This book is directed toward neurophysiologists, psychologists, and researchers.
List of Contributors
Preface
Cortical Steady Potential (Direct Current Potential) in Reinforcement and Learning
I. Introduction
II.
III. Steady Potential Shifts in Relation to Nonreinforcing Stimuli
IV. Steady Potential Shifts in Relation to Reinforcing Stimuli
V. Conditioned Steady Potential Shifts
VI. General Interpretation
VII. Summary and Conclusions
Appendix
References
Neurophysiological Mechanisms in Learning
I. Introduction
II. Growth and Maturation of Neuronal Connections
III. Selective Reinforcement, Habituation, and Dishabituation
IV. Stages of the Learning Process
V. Sensory Processes in Sleep and Waking
VI. Electrophysiological Studies of Reinforcing Mechanisms
VII. Neurochemical Mechanisms Involved in Short-Term Memory and Consolidation
VIII. Long-Term Storage and Retrieval
IX. General Summary
References
Reproduction and Population Pressures
I. Introduction
II. General Properties of Populations and Communities
III. Population Pressures and Reproduction
IV. Theoretical Aspects
V. Integration of Mechanisms That Regulate Population Growth
References
Environment, Behavior, and Disease
I. Introduction
II. The Zoo Environment
III. Patterns of Disease
IV. Implications
References
Behavioral Functions of the Limbic System
I. Introduction
II. Limbic System and Emotion
III. The Limbic System and Response Inhibition
IV. Limbic System and Species-Specific Behavior
V. Limbic System and Cognitive Behavior
VI. Conclusion
References
Author Index
Subject Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 13, 2013
- Language: English
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Eliot Stellar
Affiliations and expertise
School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A.