Active Brains in Search and Satisfaction

Abstract

As I alluded to at the end of the introduction, three great neuroscientists really shaped the field, as Larry Swanson points out: Cajal, with his description and histological representation of neural systems; Sherrington, by describing the sensory motor integration at the core brainstem level of the neural axis; and Pavlov, for displaying anticipatory behaviors that serve adaptation under normal condition and pathological expression under excessive conditions (Swanson, 2003, 2011).