BRAIN ORGANIZATION AND BEHAVIOR.
Abstract
The report provides a summary of interdisciplinary research under the title, BRAIN ORGANIZATION AND BEHAVIOR. The goals of the project were to bring together neurophysiologists and psychologists in a combined interdisciplinary attack upon the neural mechanisms underlying behavior. Both electrophysiological and behavioral methods were employed. Problem areas fell into the following categories: Drive-Motivation, Perception, Learning, Conditioning, Attention and Emotion. The present report lists the publications and highlights of the work for the period March 1, 1968 to June 30, 1970, and summarizes the number of pre- and post-doctoral participants since the beginning of the project Sept. 1, 1955, and the total number of publications. High-lights of recent work emphasize progress in defining neural systems involved in reticulo-thalamo-cortical relationships related to sleep and wakefulness, arousal and attention, perception, learning, conditioning, and emotion. These involve a midline nonspecific thalamic projection system, two hypothalamic-hippocampal systems, a lateral nuclear group in the thalamus including the pulvinar, concerned with higher integrative functions, and specific and nonspecific visual systems. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0713470
Entities
People
- Donald B. Lindsley
Organizations
- University of California, Los Angeles