Feeding Behavior of Aplysia: A Model System for Comparing Cellular Mechanisms of Classical and Operant Conditioning

• Published in: Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) Vol. 13; no. 6; pp. 669 - 680
• Main Authors: Baxter, Douglas A, Byrne, John H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 01.11.2006
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological; Animals; Aplysia; Aplysia - physiology; Appetitive Behavior - physiology; Association Learning - physiology; Associative Learning; Classical Conditioning; Comparative Analysis; Conditioning, Classical - physiology; Conditioning, Operant - physiology; Eating Habits; Feeding Behavior - physiology; Models, Animal; Molecular Structure; Neural Pathways - cytology; Neural Pathways - physiology; Neurological Organization; Neurons - physiology; Operant Conditioning; Reinforcement; Reinforcement (Psychology); Rewards

Feeding behavior of Aplysia provides an excellent model system for analyzing and comparing mechanisms underlying appetitive classical conditioning and reward operant conditioning. Behavioral protocols have been developed for both forms of associative learning, both of which increase the occurrence o...