Mercoledì 22 maggio 2002, Jerry A. Hogan (Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto) 
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Development of Hierarchical Behavior Systems

Abstract
A behavior system is any organization of perceptual, central, and motor mechanisms that act as a unit in some situations.  Development refers to changes over time in the structure of the behavior mechanisms themselves and in the connections between them.  These concepts will be illustrated by data from experiments on dustbathing in chicks and grooming in rats (motor mechanisms), on the filial system in chicks (perceptual mechanisms) and the feeding system in chicks (connections between perceptual and motor mechanisms).  I will then show how these concepts can be applied to the development of song systems in birds and human language.

References

Hogan,  J. A. (2001). Development of Behavior Systems. In E. M. Blass (ed.), Handbook of Behavioral Biology, vol. 13: Developmental Psychobiology, pp. 229-279.  New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum [doc pdf]

 

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Jerry A. Hogan is Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto and Editor of Behaviour: An International Journal of Behavioural Biology