Enriched and Impoverished Environments

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction and General Overview

   • Michael J. Renner, Mark R. Rosenzweig

   Pages 1-11

3. The Neurobiology of Differential Experience

   • Michael J. Renner, Mark R. Rosenzweig

   Pages 12-38

4. Behavioral Effects of Differential Experience

   • Michael J. Renner, Mark R. Rosenzweig

   Pages 39-52

5. Boundary Conditions for Environmental Effects

   • Michael J. Renner, Mark R. Rosenzweig

   Pages 53-68

6. Causes of EC-IC Brain Differences

   • Michael J. Renner, Mark R. Rosenzweig

   Pages 69-90

7. Applications: Enrichment as Treatment

   • Michael J. Renner, Mark R. Rosenzweig

   Pages 91-100

8. Conclusion

   • Michael J. Renner, Mark R. Rosenzweig

   Pages 101-102

9. Back Matter

   Pages 103-134

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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.

• behavior
• brain
• neurobiology
• psychology

• Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Oshkosh, USA

  Michael J. Renner

• Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

  Mark R. Rosenzweig

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