Habituation, Sensitization, and Behavior (Behavioral biology)

Habituation, Sensitization, and Behavior reviews some of the important advances that have been made toward understanding the mechanisms underlying, and the significance of, the phenomena traditionally associated with habituation, sensitization, and behavior in intact organisms. Habituation and sensitization are used to refer to underlying theoretical processes, and behavior changes are described at the response level. Comprised of 12 chapters, this book begins with an overview of approaches, constructs, and terminology used in the study of response change in the intact organism. The discussion then turns to a two-factor dual-process theory of habituation and sensitization, together with a theory of the mechanism of habituation that emphasizes the assignment of responses to stimuli. Subsequent chapters explore the link between memory and habituation; statistical strategies for analyzing repeated-measures data; cellular approaches used in the analysis of habituation and sensitization in Aplysia; and intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms of habituation and sensitization. The habituation of central nervous system evoked potentials is also considered, with particular reference to intrinsic habituation in the neocortex, allocortex, and mesencephalon. The final chapter is devoted to evolutionary determination of response likelihood and habituation. This monograph should be of interest to practitioners in the fields of behavioral biology, psychobiology, psychology, and psychiatry. Content: BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGY: AN INTERNATIONAL SERIES , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Contributors , Pages xi-xii Preface , Pages xiii-xiv CHAPTER 1 - Approaches, Constructs, and Terminology for the Study of Response Change in the Intact Organism , Pages 1-14 , Harman V.S. Peeke, Lewis Petrinovich Introduction to Theory and Methods , Pages 15-16 CHAPTER 2 - A Two-Factor Dual-Process Theory of Habituation and Sensitization , Pages 17-55 , Lewis Petrinovich CHAPTER 3 - A Theory of the Mechanism of Habituation: The Assignment of Responses to Stimuli , Pages 57-101 , Michel Treisman CHAPTER 4 - Memory and Habituation , Pages 103-153 , Jesse W. Whitlow Jr., Allan R. Wagner CHAPTER 5 - An Evaluation of Statistical Strategies to Analyze Repeated-Measures Data , Pages 155-201 , Lewis Petrinovich, Keith F. Widaman Introduction to Basic Processes , Pages 203-204 CHAPTER 6 - An Introduction to Cellular Approaches Used in the Analysis of Habituation and Sensitization in Aplysia , Pages 205-249 , Thomas J. Carew CHAPTER 7 - Habituation of Central Nervous System Evoked Potentials: Intrinsic Habituation Examined in Neocortex, Allocortex, and Mesencephalon , Pages 251-285 , T.J. Teyler, N. Chiaia, P. Di Scenna, R.A. Roemer CHAPTER 8 - Intrinsic and Extrinsic Mechanisms of Habituation and Sensitization: Implications for the Design and Analysis of Experiments , Pages 287-323 , Michael Davis, Sandra E. File CHAPTER 9 - Do Human Evoked Potentials Habituate? , Pages 325-346 , Richard A. Roemer, Charles Shagass, Timothy J. Teyler Introduction to Functional Processes , Page 347 CHAPTER 10 - Predator–Prey Behavior and Habituation , Pages 349-391 , Michael D. Shaker CHAPTER 11 - Habituation and the Maintenance of Territorial Boundaries , Pages 393-421 , Harman V.S. Peeke CHAPTER 12 - Evolutionary Determination of Response Likelihood and Habituation , Pages 423-458 , Michel Treisman Index , Pages 459-471