Russian Contributions to Invertebrate Behavior - by Charles I Abramson & Yuri Burmistrov & Zhanna Shuranova (Hardcover)

About the Book

This edited collection is an introduction to the invertebrate work being performed by Russian scientists. The major emphasis is on studies of learning. In this book, the editors and contributors have brought together contemporary Russian experimental data on the behavior of various invertebrates including crustaceans, insects, and mollusks. The book should be useful for those interested in acquiring a working knowledge of the behavioral techniques, data, issues and history of Russian studies of invertebrate behavior. It will also be of interest to those studying the history of behavioral science in Russia.

Book Synopsis

This edited collection is an introduction to the invertebrate work being performed by Russian scientists. The major emphasis is on studies of learning. In this book, the editors and contributors have brought together contemporary Russian experimental data on the behavior of various invertebrates including crustaceans, insects, and mollusks. The book should be useful for those interested in acquiring a working knowledge of the behavioral techniques, data, issues and history of Russian studies of invertebrate behavior. It will also be of interest to those studying the history of behavioral science in Russia.

About the Author

CHARLES I. ABRAMSON is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Oklahoma State University. He is the author of Invertebrate Learning: A Laboratory Manual, /i> (1990) and, i>A Primer of Invertebrate Learning: The Behavioral Perspective (1994).

ZHANNA P. SHURANOVA is on the faculty at the Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. She is the author of Neurophysiology of the Crayfish (1988) and Progress in Crustacean Neurobiology (1991).

YURI M. BURMISTROV is on the faculty at the Institute of Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow./e With his collaborator, Zhanna Shuranova, he is the author of Neurophysiology of the Crayfish (1988) and Progress in Crustacean Neurobiology (1991).