Handbook of Classical Conditioning

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. The Classical Conditioning Paradigm

   • David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz

   Pages 1-34

3. The Delivery of Stimuli

   • David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz

   Pages 35-70

4. Measuring Behavioral Responses

   • David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz

   Pages 71-127

5. Recording Neuronal Data During Classical Conditioning Experiments

   • David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz

   Pages 129-160

6. Collecting and Analyzing Behavioral and Neural Data

   • David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz

   Pages 161-198

7. Other Behavioral Paradigms

   • David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz

   Pages 199-221

8. Surgical Methods and Techniques

   • David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz

   Pages 223-248

9. Lesion Techniques for Behavioral Experiments

   • David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz

   Pages 249-276

10. Brain Stimulation Techniques

    • David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz

    Pages 277-297

11. Histological Methods

    • David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz

    Pages 299-322

12. Controlling Classical Conditioning and Other Behavioral Neuroscience Experiments

    • David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz

    Pages 323-367

13. Important Electronics for Classical Conditioning Experiments

    • David G. Lavond, Joseph E. Steinmetz

    Pages 369-388

14. Back Matter

    Pages 389-448

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When conducting scientific research in any field, it is not sufficient to simply design thoughtful and informative experiments to explore ideas and hypotheses. The experiments must be conducted in such a manner that the data generated effectively address the ideas and hypotheses under study. Collecting good data necessitates the use of good methods, techniques, and instrumentation. Behavioral neuroscience is most certainly a field that, over the years, has required novel, inventive, and effective methods and tech­ niques to collect data on a rather difficult subject, namely, how the brain and nervous system encode behavior. Perhaps one of the most interesting things about the field of behav­ ioral neuroscience is that most scientists in this field are engaged in a variety of activities-it is not always the same boring routine. The rule, not the ex­ ception, in this field is that investigators are trained in a variety of techniques and skills. This work requires knowledge of skills in such diverse tech­ niques as surgery, animal training, basic electronics, computer programming, statistics, and histology, as well as having a good theoretical background knowledge of the relevant literature and the creativity and logic necessary to design and execute critical experiments. One does not have to be an expert in all of these skills, and conversely not all skills require an expert.

• Behavioral Neuroscience
• brain
• knowledge
• memory
• neuroscience

• University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

  David G. Lavond

• Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

  Joseph E. Steinmetz

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