The autonomous brain : a neural theory of attention and learning / Peter M. Milner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milner, Peter M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mind and body.

Brain--Psychophysiology.

Brain.

Attention.

Learning, Psychology of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The behaviorist credo that animals are devices for translating sensory input into appropriate responses dies hard. The thesis of this pathbreaking book is that the brain is innately constructed to initiate behaviors likely to promote the survival of the species, and to sensitize sensory systems to stimuli required for those behaviors. Animals attend innately to vital stimuli (reinforcers) and the more advanced animals learn to attend to related stimuli as well. Thus, the centrifugal attentional components of sensory systems are as important for learned behavior as the more conventional paths.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The Behavior Model; 3 Neural Representation; 4 Stimulus Equivalence and Attention; 5 Temporal Order; 6 Memory; 7 Theories of Amnesia; 8 The Motivation/Response System; 9 Basal Ganglia: Behavioral Functions; 10 Envoi; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [126]-140) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-135-67027-7

1-4106-0298-2

9786612323089

1-282-32308-3

0-585-11502-8

9781410602985

OCLC:

437239263