Cynthia Moss, Sara J Shettleworth

Neuroethological Studies Of Cognitive And Perceptual Processes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How do bats catch insects in the dark? How do bees learn which flowers to visit? How do food-storing birds remember where their hoards are? Questions like these are addressed by neuroethology, the branch of behavioral neuroscience concerned with analyzing the neural bases of naturally occurring behaviors. This book brings together thirteen chapters presenting findings on perceptual and cognitive processes in some of the most active areas of neuroethological research, including auditory localization by bats and owls, song perception and learning in birds, pitch processing by frogs and toads, imprinting in birds, spatial memory in birds, learning in bees and in Aplysia, and electroreception in fish. A variety of approaches are represented, such as field studies, psychophysical tests, electrophysiological experiments, lesion studies, comparative neuroanatomy, and studies of development. Each chapter gives an up-to-date overview of a particular author's research and places it within the broader context of issues about animal perception and cognition. The book as a whole exemplifies how studying species and their particular specializations can inform general issues in psychology, ethology, and neuro-science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780813326559
• ISBN-10: 0813326559
• Artikelnr.: 21820887

Autorenporträt

Cynthia Moss

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Neuroethology, Perception, and Cognition
Specializations in Learning
Specializations in Honey Bee Learning
Detecting Associations in Pavlovian Conditioning and Instrumental Learning in Vertebrates and in Invertebrates
Neuroethological Studies on How Birds Discriminate Song
Ecological Specialization in the Avian Brain
Specializations for Perception of Biologically Relevant Stimuli
The Perceptual Foundations of Vocal Learning in Budgerigars
How Birds Use Frequency to Recognize Their Songs
Development of Perceptual Mechanisms in Birds: Predispositions and Imprinting
Neural Codes for "Pitch" Processing in a Unique Vertebrate Auditory System
Recognition of Visual Signals: Eyes Specialize
Specializations for Spatial Perception and Orientation
Perception Along the Axis of Target Range in the Echolocating Bat
Converging Approaches to Determining Sound Localization Mechanisms in the Big Brown Bat, Eptesicus fuscus
Sound Localization from Binaural Cues by the Barn Owl Auditory System