Russian Contributions to Invertebrate Behavior

by Charles I. Abramson, Yuri Burmistrov, Zhanna Shuranova

Overview

This edited collection is an introduction to the invertebrate work being performed by Russian scientists. The major emphasis is on studies of learning. In this book, the editors and contributors have brought together contemporary Russian experimental data on the behavior of various invertebrates including crustaceans, insects, and mollusks. The book should be useful for those interested in acquiring a working knowledge of the behavioral techniques, data, issues and history of Russian studies of invertebrate behavior. It will also be of interest to those studying the history of behavioral science in Russia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275945251
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/30/1996
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

CHARLES I. ABRAMSON is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Oklahoma State University. He is the author of Invertebrate Learning: A Laboratory Manual (1990) and A Primer of Invertebrate Learning: The Behavioral Perspective (1994).

ZHANNA P. SHURANOVA is on the faculty at the Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. She is the author of Neurophysiology of the Crayfish (1988) and Progress in Crustacean Neurobiology (1991).

YURI M. BURMISTROV is on the faculty at the Institute of Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow./e With his collaborator, Zhanna Shuranova, he is the author of Neurophysiology of the Crayfish (1988) and Progress in Crustacean Neurobiology (1991).

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction by Charles I. Abramson
History of Invertebrate Behavioral Studies in Russia by Zhanna P. Shuranova
Memory and Morphogenesis in Planaria and Beetle by Inna M. Sheiman and Kharlampi P. Tiras
Innate and Acquired Behavior of Mollusks by Pavel M. Balaban and Igor I. Stepanov
Individual Features in Invertebrate Behavior: Crustacea by Yuri M. Burmistrov and Zhanna P. Shuranova
Learning, Memory and Motivation in Ants by Galina P. Udalova and Anna Ja. Karas
Local Orientation and Learning in Insects by Vladimir M. Kartzev
Appendix A: Directory of Russian Scientists Engaged in Invertebrate Research
Appendix B: Bibliography of Invertebrate Articles Appearing in Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology
Index

Editorial Reviews

Reviews Russian experiments on the behavior of crustaceans, the orientation and learning of insects, the behavior and morphogenesis of insects, and the role of motivation in the learning and memory of ants. A chapter also summarizes the place of vertebrate and invertebrate behavior in Russian science. As part of the collection's purpose of making the considerable but little known Russian research available in the west, appends names and addresses of scientists working in the field, and a list of relevant articles in Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology. Distributed in the US by Greenwood. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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