PSYC 371 Chapter Notes - Chapter Readings : Neurochemistry, Spatial Memory, Child Development
20 Apr 2018
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The more confident a rat was about its choice the longer they would wait at the nose poke for reward. Patterns in single neurons from orbital frontal cortex (decision making brain part: might mimic classic human psychology tests in rats. Like the iowa gambling test: oppositio(cid:374) (cid:271)elie(cid:448)es that rats do(cid:374)(cid:859)t do serious deli(cid:271)eratio(cid:374). iowa gambling test: test that involves choosing the right deck of cards. Not localized function: darwin: human vs animals is quantitative not qualitative, neocortex in humans: cognitive complexity is closely linked to cortical complexity. We cannot validate this since human experimentation is not allowed: model systems in behavioural neuroscience, taking evolution into consideration is important, studies designed to describe the phylogenetic (evolution) development of the brain, species must have a common ancestor. Not rat cat mouse: hodes and campbell: quasi evolutionary sequence. Opposums, hedgehogs, tree shrews, bushbabies, macaques, chimps, and humans: works when look at suborders of rodents.
