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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 11 December 2003
- ISBN 9780198700562
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages360 pages
- Size 247x189x19 mm
- Weight 800 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous figures and halftones 0
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Short description:
Animals often exhibit intriguing and captivating patterns of behavior, from migration and homing, to communication. But how is this behavior controlled? This new textbook introduces undergraduate students and other readers to the fascinating field of neuroethology - the study of the neurobiological processes underlying animal behavior. Written in a lively, easy to read style, and assuming no background knowledge of animal behavior or neurobiology, this book introduces the key
concepts and ideas which underpin the subject, and describes many of the key findings that have helped us to understand this intricate and elegant subject.
Long description:
Animals often exhibit intriguing and captivating patterns of behavior, from migration and homing, to communication. But how is this behavior controlled? This new textbook introduces undergraduate students and other readers to the fascinating field of neuroethology - the study of the neurobiological processes underlying animal behavior. Written in a lively, easy to read style, and assuming no background knowledge of animal behavior or neurobiology, this book introduces the key
concepts and ideas which underpin the subject, and describes many of the key findings that have helped us to understand this intricate and elegant subject.
Beginning with a look at the history of the study of behavior, from Aristotle to recent breakthroughs and predictions for the future, the book then reviews the ethological and neurobiological concepts that constitute the essential tools of behavioral neurobiology, before moving on to the field of neuroethology itself. In each chapter, the text not only describes the major findings in each area, but also describes the approaches used to obtain these results. Many chapters contain a detailed case
study describing the research perfomed.
A key feature of the text is the number of excellent learning aids included. Each chapter ends with a summary of key points, exercises and suggestions for further reading. Boxes are used both to provide relevant physical and chemical background information and to add additional historical interest by describing the life and work of eminent neuroethologists.
If you are looking for a different way to introduce neuroscience, this book about the mechanisms of animal behavior across many taxa will be a useful addition to your bookshelf. Zupancs book can be used alone or as a supplement just to provide the fun examples of how the nervous system regulates behavior.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Introduction
The study of animal behavior: a brief history
The tools and concepts of behavioral neurobiology
Spatial orientation and sensory guidance
Neuronal control of motor output: swimming in toad tadpoles
Neuronal processing of sensory information
Sensorimotor integration: the jamming avoidance response of the weakly electric fish
Neuromodulation: the accommodation of motivational changes in behavior
Large-scale navigation: migration and homing
Communication: the neuroethology of cricket song
Cellular mechanisms of learning and memory
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