Enriched and Impoverished Environments : Effects on Brain and Behavior

Mark R. Rosenzweig

ISBN 10: 0387965238 / ISBN 13: 9780387965239

Published by Springer New York, Springer New York, 1987

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Enriched and Impoverished Environments: Effects on Brain and Behaviour is the most recent review of the active area of neuronal plasticity. The question of how experience is recorded is fundamental to psychology; speculations and investigations concerning the role of the brain in this process have entered a particularly exciting phase as of the late 1980's. Manipulations of environmental complexity is one of the earliest methods utilized in the study of neural plasticity. This monograph organizes the evidence to date concerning the responsiveness of neural and behavioural systems to external manipulation of the environment. Further consideration is given to the issues of causation of the general effects of environment on brain and behaviour.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Enriched and Impoverished Environments : Effects on Brain and Behavior
• Publisher: Springer New York, Springer New York
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387965238
• ISBN 13: 9780387965239
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 9D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 9 millimeters depth
• Weight: 242 grams

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Enriched and Impoverished Environments: Effects on Brain and Behaviour is the most recent review of the active area of neuronal plasticity. The question of how experience is recorded is fundamental to psychology; speculations and investigations concerning the role of the brain in this process have entered a particularly exciting phase as of the late 1980's. Manipulations of environmental complexity is one of the earliest methods utilized in the study of neural plasticity. This monograph organizes the evidence to date concerning the responsiveness of neural and behavioural systems to external manipulation of the environment. Further consideration is given to the issues of causation of the general effects of environment on brain and behaviour.