1st Edition
The Rest Principle A Neurophysiological Theory of Behavior
240 Pages
by
Psychology Press
240 Pages
by
Psychology Press
240 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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First published in 1982. The human brain is the most complex object on Earth that can be studied scientifically: a collection of over 100 billion neurons squeezed into a space about the size of a grapefruit, which somehow is able to control all that you feel, do, and know. There still is little understanding of the most important and interesting functions of the brain, such as what really happens... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Simulations of the Use Principleand Rest Principlewith Neutral Stimuli; Chapter 3 Learning to Eat; Chapter 4 Classical Conditioning; Chapter 5 Lateral Inhibition; Chapter 6 Physiological Evidence Backing the Rest Principle; Chapter 7 Instrumental Learning I: Drive and Stimulus Reduction; Chapter 8 Instrumental Learning II: Stimulation Seeking, Optimal Levels, and Pleasure; Chapter 9 Brain Structures and Neuronal Organizations; Chapter 10 Sleep, Arousal, and Attention;
Biography
John David Sinclair Research Laboratories of the State Alcohol Monopoly (Alko) Helsinki, Finland
