LEARNING AND ASSOCIATED PHENOMENA IN INVERTEBRATES.

Abstract

Contents: Learning, world models and pre-adaptation; Paramecia, planaria and pseudo-learning; Studies of the behaviour of Paramecium aurelia; Behavioural studies of the coelenterate Hydra piradi; Behaviour of sessile coelenterates in relation to some conditioning experiments; Adaptive changes in cnidarians; Cannibals, chemicals and contiguity; Behaviour of planaria in instrumental learning paradigms; Learning in planarians; Learning in annelids and attempts at the chemical modification of this behaviour; Learning abilities of nereid polychaetes and the role of the supra-oesophageal ganglion; Research and theory on conditioning of annelids; Descartes, mechanistic biology and animal behaviour; Planarian learning; Learning and movement in octopuses; Discrimination learning in the octopus; Release and orientation of behaviour and the role of learning as demonstrated in crustacea; Aspects of orientation in the diggerwasp Bembix Rostrata; Electrophysiological approach to learning in isolatable ganglia; Macromolecular coding in nerve cell and embryo.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0620199

Entities

People

  • Demorest Davenport
  • W. H. Thorpe

Organizations

  • Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animal Behavior
  • Animals
  • Cells
  • Crustaceans
  • Invertebrates
  • Learning
  • Neurons
  • Orientation (Direction)

Fields of Study

  • Biology

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