Brain Mechanisms in Problem Solving and Intelligence A Lesion Survey of the Rat Brain

Brain Mechanisms in Problem Solving and Intelligence A Lesion Survey of the Rat Brain / by Robert Thompson, Francis M. Crinella, Jen Yu.

This book is the outcome of a decade of research on the neu­ roanatomical mechanisms of learning in the young laboratory rat. It is essentially a discourse on the functional organization of the brain in relation to problem-solving ability and intelli­ gence. During the period between 1980 and 1989,...

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Main Authors: Thompson, Robert (Author), Crinella, Francis M. (Author), Yu, Jen (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1990.
Edition:1st ed. 1990.
Series:Critical Issues in Neuropsychology,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Neurosciences.
Neuropsychology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. General Methods
  • 3. Lesion Placements and Learning Syndromes
  • 4. Maps of Learning Systems
  • 5. General Findings
  • 6. The Nonspecific Mechanism and Psychometric g
  • 7. Interpreting the Results of the Problem-Solving Atlas: Penfield’s Centrencephalic Theory
  • 8. Implications of Centrencephalic Theory
  • 9. Epilogue
  • References.

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