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Natural neuroscience : toward a systems neuroscience of natural behaviors / Nachum Ulanovsky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ulanovsky, Nachum, 1973- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Neurosciences--Methodology.
- Neurosciences.
- Animal behavior--Physiology.
- Animal behavior.
- Brain--Physiology.
- Brain.
- Perception--Physiology.
- Perception.
- Neurosciences--methods.
- Behavior, Animal--physiology.
- Brain--physiology.
- Perception--physiology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Neurosciences--methods.
- Behavior, Animal--physiology.
- Brain--physiology.
- Perception--physiology.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- "Ulanovsky introduces Natural Neuroscience, an emerging field within neuroscience that studies the brain, in humans and other species, under naturalistic conditions"-- Provided by publisher.
- "Natural neuroscience departs from the classical reductionist approach, which emphasizes control at the expense of natural behaviors, by proposing a shift toward real-world relevance, natural behaviors, and ecological validity. In Natural Neuroscience, Nachum Ulanovsky presents the conceptual, empirical, and technological underpinnings that enabled this new field. Natural neuroscience researchers posit that when studying any brain region in any animal, whether standard mammalian species such as rodents and primates or nonstandard species, it is crucial to pursue the animal's natural behaviors and to consider the natural problems it needs to solve. By preventing rich natural behaviors, says Ulanovsky, we miss key aspects of brain function--and we may not even know what we miss."-- Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Introduction and Overall Approach
- Related Approaches: Neuroethology and Comparative Neuroscience
- Technological Advances Enabling Natural Neuroscience
- Neurobiology of Navigation
- Active Sensing
- Sensory Coding of Natural Stimuli
- Future Outlook.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Ulanovsky, Nachum, 1973- Natural neuroscience
- ISBN:
- 9780262044998
- 0262044994
- OCLC:
- 1449675097
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