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Learning events are of great interest to biologists because of their basic involvement in behavior. Up to several decades ago the major approaches to learning were of a psychological nature. In the last 20 years, however, biological approaches have achieved prominence. The earlier systematic treatments utilized neurological concepts as exemplified by Hebb’s system in 1949. Although Halstead (1951) and Katz and Halstead (1950) invoked a systematic set of chemical hypotheses and others spoke of chemical events during learning (e.g., Gerard, 1953), the chemical approach followed the neurological one.
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Gaito, J. (1967). The Possible Role of RNA in Learning and Memory Events. In: Corning, W.C., Ratner, S.C. (eds) Chemistry of Learning. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6565-3_4
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