
Handbook of Classical Conditioning
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 21. October 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXIV, 448 pages
978-1-4613-4993-8 (ISBN)
Description
When conducting scientific research in any field, it is not sufficient to simply design thoughtful and informative experiments to explore ideas and hypotheses. The experiments must be conducted in such a manner that the data generated effectively address the ideas and hypotheses under study. Collecting good data necessitates the use of good methods, techniques, and instrumentation. Behavioral neuroscience is most certainly a field that, over the years, has required novel, inventive, and effective methods and tech niques to collect data on a rather difficult subject, namely, how the brain and nervous system encode behavior. Perhaps one of the most interesting things about the field of behav ioral neuroscience is that most scientists in this field are engaged in a variety of activities-it is not always the same boring routine. The rule, not the ex ception, in this field is that investigators are trained in a variety of techniques and skills. This work requires knowledge of skills in such diverse tech niques as surgery, animal training, basic electronics, computer programming, statistics, and histology, as well as having a good theoretical background knowledge of the relevant literature and the creativity and logic necessary to design and execute critical experiments. One does not have to be an expert in all of these skills, and conversely not all skills require an expert.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XXIV, 448 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
715 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4613-4993-8 (9781461349938)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4615-0263-0
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Content
1. The Classical Conditioning Paradigm.- 2. The Delivery of Stimuli.- 3. Measuring Behavioral Responses.- 4. Recording Neuronal Data During Classical Conditioning Experiments.- 5. Collecting and Analyzing Behavioral and Neural Data.- 6. Other Behavioral Paradigms.- 7. Surgical Methods and Techniques.- 8. Lesion Techniques for Behavioral Experiments.- 9. Brain Stimulation Techniques.- 10. Histological Methods.- 11. Controlling Classical Conditioning and Other Behavioral Neuroscience Experiments.- 12. Important Electronics for Classical Conditioning Experiments.- Appendix A. Suppliers.- Appendix B. Rabbit Atlas.- References.