Governing Behavior: How Nerve Cell Dictatorships and Democracies Control Everything We Do

Awards:   Nominated for Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science 2017
Author:   Ari Berkowitz
Publisher:   Harvard University Press
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9780674736900


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   14 March 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Governing Behavior: How Nerve Cell Dictatorships and Democracies Control Everything We Do


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  • Nominated for Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science 2017

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Author:   Ari Berkowitz
Publisher:   Harvard University Press
Imprint:   Harvard University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.435kg
ISBN:  

9780674736900


ISBN 10:   0674736907
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   14 March 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.
Language:   English

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[A] chummy yet dizzying state-of-the-art tour of behavioral neurobiology. -- Simon Ings * New Scientist * This book would be incredibly useful for students just embarking on a career in neurophysiology, or for any student of science who is interested in the history of neural thought. It presents the experimental evidence that led to our present-day understanding of many neuroethological concepts such as command neurons, efference copy, neuronal networks, neuronal multifunctionality, the ubiquitous role of inhibition, and others. -- Peter Narins, University of California, Los Angeles Governing Behavior provides an accessible and engaging review of modern theories of neuroethology. Berkowitz presents an account of the experiments behind the theories that is at once clear, concise, scholarly, and entertaining. His overarching analogy between nervous systems and governments works-and helps the reader to grasp the fundamental concepts of autonomy and partnership that characterize neural circuits. -- Leslie Tolbert, University of Arizona


<i>Governing Behavior</i> provides an accessible and engaging review of modern theories of neuroethology. Berkowitz presents an account of the experiments behind the theories that is at once clear, concise, scholarly, and entertaining. His overarching analogy between nervous systems and governments works--and helps the reader to grasp the fundamental concepts of autonomy and partnership that characterize neural circuits.--Leslie Tolbert, University of Arizona


Governing Behavior provides an accessible and engaging review of modern theories of neuroethology. Berkowitz presents an account of the experiments behind the theories that is at once clear, concise, scholarly, and entertaining. His overarching analogy between nervous systems and governments works and helps the reader to grasp the fundamental concepts of autonomy and partnership that characterize neural circuits.--Leslie Tolbert, University of Arizona


[A] chummy yet dizzying state-of-the-art tour of behavioral neurobiology.--Simon Ings New Scientist (05/21/2016)


Author Information

Ari Berkowitz is a Presidential Professor in the Department of Biology and Director of the Cellular and Behavioral Neurobiology Graduate Program at the University of Oklahoma.

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