CELLULAR ANALOGUES OF CONDITIONING AND NEURAL PLASTICITY

By B. GAZAY

CONTENTS 1 THE COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF LEARNING: INTRODUCTION AND INTENT PART I ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING 2 THE DETERMINING CONDITIONS FOR PAVLOVIAN LEARNING: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND NEUROBIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS 3 LEARNING TO BE READY: DOPAMINE AND ASSOCIATIVE COMPUTATIONS 4 LEARNING ABOUT STIMULI THAT ARE PRESENT AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT: SEPARABLE ACQUISITION PROCESSES FOR DIRECT AND MEDIATED LEARNING 5 NEURAL SUBSTRATES OF LEARNING AND ATTENTIVE PROCESSES 6 ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING AND DERIVED ATTENTION IN HUMANS 7 THE EPIGENETICS OF NEURAL LEARNING PART II ASSOCIATIVE REPRESENTATIONS MEMORY, RECOGNITION, AND PERCEPTION 8 ASSOCIATIVE AND NONASSOCIATIVE PROCESSES IN RODENT RECOGNITION MEMORY 9 PERCEPTUAL LEARNING: REPRESENTATIONS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT 10 HUMAN PERCEPTUAL LEARNING AND CATEGORIZATION 11 COMPUTATIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL SPECIALIZATION OF MEMORY SPACE AND TIME 12 MECHANISMS OF CONTEXTUAL CONDITIONING: SOME THOUGHTS ON EXCITATORY AND INHIBITORY CONTEXT CONDITIONING 13 THE RELATION BETWEEN SPATIAL AND NONSPATIAL LEARNING 14 TIMING AND CONDITIONING: THEORETICAL ISSUES 15 HUMAN LEARNING ABOUT CAUSATION PART III ASSOCIATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN CONDITION 16 THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF HABIT FORMATION 17 AN ASSOCIATIVE ACCOUNT OF AVOIDANCE 18 CHILD AND ADOLESCENT ANXIETY: DOES FEAR CONDITIONING PLAY A ROLE? 19 ASSOCIATION, INHIBITION, AND ACTION 20 MIRROR NEURONS FROM ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING 21 ASSOCIATIVE APPROACHES TO LEXICAL DEVELOPMENT 22 NEUROSCIENCE OF VALUE?GUIDED CHOICE