Learning and Physiological Regulation

by Barry R. Dworkin

Since Pavlov, physiologists have explained homeostasis--the regulation of bodily functions--as the action of fixed negative feedback networks within individual organ systems. However, these standard explanations largely ignore the mechanisms of conditioning and learning. Drawing on the work of Western, East European, and Russian physiologists, Barry R. Dworkin challenges traditional concepts and argues that learning mechanisms of the nervous system...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226176002
• ISBN13: 9780226176000
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"