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- Authors:
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David G. Lavond
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University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
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Joseph E. Steinmetz
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Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xxiv
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- David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz
Pages 1-34
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- David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz
Pages 35-70
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- David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz
Pages 71-127
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- David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz
Pages 129-160
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- David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz
Pages 161-198
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- David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz
Pages 199-221
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- David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz
Pages 223-248
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- David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz
Pages 249-276
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- David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz
Pages 277-297
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- David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz
Pages 299-322
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- David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz
Pages 323-367
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- David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz
Pages 369-388
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Back Matter
Pages 389-448
About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
David G. Lavond
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Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Joseph E. Steinmetz
