Advances in Vertebrate Neuroethology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Sensory Processing of Key Stimuli

      • Robert R. Capranica

      Pages 3-6

   3. Sensorimotor Interfacing

      • Henning Scheich

      Pages 7-14

   4. State Dependent Responses

      • Richard J. Andrew

      Pages 15-18

3. Implications for Neuroethology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. Some Ethological Implications for Neuroethology: The Ontogeny of Birdsong

      • Peter Marler

      Pages 21-52

   3. Implications for Neuroethology from Comparative Neurophysiology

      • Theodore H. Bullock

      Pages 53-75

   4. Neuroanatomical Implications for Neuroethology

      • Sven O. E. Ebbesson

      Pages 77-89

   5. Implications of Insect Neuroethology for Studies on Vertebrates

      • Franz Huber

      Pages 91-138

4. Neural Prerequisites of Signal Location

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. Nasal Chemical Senses in Snakes

      • Mimi Halpern

      Pages 141-176

   3. Brain Mechanisms of Visual Localization by Frogs and Toads

      • David J. Ingle

      Pages 177-226

   4. Localization of Acoustic Signals in the Owl

      • Masakazu Konishi

      Pages 227-245

   5. Localization with Biosonar Signals in Bats

      • James A. Simmons, Shelley A. Kick, Beatrice D. Lawrence

      Pages 247-260

   6. Mechanisms of Selective Attention in Mammals

      • Giacomo Rizzolatti

      Pages 261-297

   7. Seminar Contributions

      1. The Functional Organization of Neuromasts in the Lateral-Line System of a Cichlid Fish

         • Heinrich Münz, Barbara Claas

         Pages 301-307

      2. Effect of Signal Orientation on the Firing of Electrosensory Cells in the Electric Fish Eigenmannia

         • Brian L. Partridge, Walter Heiligenberg

         Pages 309-319

      3. Picking a Route: Do Toads Follow Rules or Make Plans?

         • Thomas S. Collett

         Pages 321-330

      4. Frog Prey Capture Behavior: Between Sensory Maps and Directed Motor Output

         • Paul Grobstein, Christopher Comer, Sandra K. Kostyk

         Pages 331-347

This volume presents the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Advances in Vertebrate Neuroethology" held at the University of Kassel, Federal Republic of Germany in August 1981. During the last decade much progress has been made in understanding the neurophysiological bases of behavior in both vertebrates and invertebrates. The reason for this is that a number of new physiological, anatomical, and histochemical techniques have recently been developed for brain research which can now be combined with ethological methods for the analysis of animal behavior to form a new field of research known as "Neuroethology". The term Neuroethology was originally introduced by S.L.Brown and R.W.Hunsperger (1963) in connection with studies on the activation of agonistic behaviors by electrical brain stimulation in cats. Neuroethology was more closely defined by G.Hoyle (1970) in the context of a review on cellular mechanisms underlying behavior of invertebrates. Since the 6th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience held in Toronto in 1976, Neuroethology has become established as a session topic.

• Germany
• attention
• brain
• cognition
• cortex
• forebrain
• information processing
• neural mechanisms
• neurons
• neurophysiology
• neuroscience
• perception
• physiology
• research
• university

• University of Kassel, Kassel, Federal Republic of Germany

  Jörg-Peter Ewert

• Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

  Robert R. Capranica

• Brandeis University, Waltham, USA

  David J. Ingle

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