THE RELATIONS BETWEEN NEUROSCIENCE AND HUMAN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
- 1 March 1994
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 61 (2), 307-317
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1994.61-307
Abstract
Neuroscience seeks to understand how the human brain, perhaps the most complex electrochemical machine in the universe, works, in terms of molecules, membranes, cells and cell assemblies, development, plasticity, learning, memory, cognition, and behavior. The human behavioral sciences, in particular psychiatry and clinical psychology, deal with disorders of human behavior and mentation. The gap between neuroscience and the human behavioral sciences is still large. However, some major advances in neuroscience over the last two decades have diminished the span. This article reviews the major advances of neuroscience in six areas with relevance to the behavioral sciences: (a) evolution of the nervous system; (b) visualizing activity in the human brain; (c) plasticity of the cerebral cortex; (d) receptors, ion channels, and second/third messengers; (e) molecular genetic approaches; and (f) understanding integrative systems with networks and circadian clocks as examples.Keywords
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