Review of Medical Physiology - William F. Ganong 2002

Functions of the Nervous System
Higher functions of the nervous system: conditioned reflexes, learning, and related phenomena
Introduction

The previous chapters describe the somatic and visceral input and output signals of the brain. Among other topics, they examine specific input and output signals, states of arousal, wakefulness and Sleep, and The Role of the interplay between the Limbic System and the Hypothalamus in maintaining Homeostasis and regulating instinctive and emotional behavior. It remains to describe phenomena that, for lack of a more precise term, are designated as higher nervous Functions or Higher Nervous Activity. These include learning, memory, thinking, language, and other cognitive functions. It is precisely these processes that are examined in this chapter.



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