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Neural Mechanisms of Response Modification in Insects

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Experimental Analysis of Insect Behaviour

Abstract

The last few decades have seen dramatic changes in our concepts of the neural control of invertebrate behavior. The extent of these changes becomes clear on reading the following statement, written by Sherrington twenty-five years ago:

The behaviour of the spider is reported to be entirely reflexive, but reflex action … would go little way toward meeting the life of external relation of a horse or cat or dog, still less of ourselves. As life develops it would seem that … conscious behaviour tends to replace [the] reflex … (Sherrington 1947).

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Camhi, J.M. (1974). Neural Mechanisms of Response Modification in Insects. In: Barton Browne, L. (eds) Experimental Analysis of Insect Behaviour. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86666-1_6

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