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Importance of behaviour in LTP research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1997

Donald Peter Cain
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5C2 Canadacain@sscl.uwo.ca www.uwo.ca/neuro/faculty/cain.html

Abstract

Shors and Matzel's evaluation of approaches to the behavioural function of LTP is welcome, and should encourage a widening of conceptual approaches to this problem. In addition to their call for increased sophistication in thinking about LTP, there needs to be a parallel increase in sophistication in the study of behaviour. Changes in emotional state or tone may be a better function for LTP than attention mechanisms.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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