Progress in Physiological Psychology

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