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Anatomy and the Problem of Behaviour
Originally published in 1929, this book contains the text of three lectures by George Coghill on the subject of the anatomical basis for typical behavioural development in animals. Coghill takes salamanders as his particular case study to connect the growth of the nervous system in an organism with its observable behaviour. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in animal behaviour and the physiological basis for behaviour.
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Anatomy and the Problem of Behaviour
Originally published in 1929, this book contains the text of three lectures by George Coghill on the subject of the anatomical basis for typical behavioural development in animals. Coghill takes salamanders as his particular case study to connect the growth of the nervous system in an organism with its observable behaviour. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in animal behaviour and the physiological basis for behaviour.
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Anatomy and the Problem of Behaviour

Anatomy and the Problem of Behaviour

by G. E. Coghill
Anatomy and the Problem of Behaviour

Anatomy and the Problem of Behaviour

by G. E. Coghill

Overview

Originally published in 1929, this book contains the text of three lectures by George Coghill on the subject of the anatomical basis for typical behavioural development in animals. Coghill takes salamanders as his particular case study to connect the growth of the nervous system in an organism with its observable behaviour. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in animal behaviour and the physiological basis for behaviour.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781107502352
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 04/09/2015
Pages: 126
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.31(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. The development of behaviour and its anatomical explanation in a typical vertebrate; 2. Dynamic antecedents of neural mechanisms; 3. Growth of the nerve cell and the interpretation of behaviour; Literature cited.
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