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The Tunable Seer

Activity-Dependent Development of Vision

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Developmental Psychobiology and Developmental Neurobiology

Part of the book series: Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology ((HBNE,volume 8))

Abstract

Species diversity and species constancy of behavior depend upon predictable patterns of development. In some species the course of development is relatively inflexible; learning and experience appear to play minor roles…. In other species, the structure and function of the brain make possible a strong reliance on learning and experience…. The greatest conceptual problem in the development of behavior is in understanding the interaction of the two fundamental determinants of the course of development, inheritance and experience. [Brown, 1975, p. 607]

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Hirsch, H.V.B. (1986). The Tunable Seer. In: Blass, E.M. (eds) Developmental Psychobiology and Developmental Neurobiology. Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology, vol 8. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2113-2_7

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