RUI: Learning and Development

生命早期的学习和发展经历对以后的正常和异常行为都有深远的影响。该项目的目的是为研究经验在行为发展中的作用建立一个模型系统。分析这些过程的系统是环鸽从依赖喂养到独立喂养的转变。研究了不同食物的经历、亲代互动和观察其他鸟类影响这种反应发展的具体方式。此外，我们能够研究行为发展背后的神经变化。这些研究导致了一个框架的发展，在这个框架中，经验在任何行为发展中的作用都可以被分析。如何使新的反应发生是许多人类活动的一个重要方面。父母希望为他们的孩子提供经验，帮助他们发展适应能力。老师们希望他们的学生掌握新的曲目。治疗师试图在他们的客户中诱导新的和更适应性的行为，企业可能希望促进员工创造性地解决问题。由于有一些关于新行为如何产生的一般原则，通过分析该模型系统获得的结果可以应用于广泛的实际设置。

Abstract Proposal #9727428 RUI: Learning and Development Experiences early in life can have profound effects on both normal and abnormal behavior later in life. The aim of the project is to develop a model system for studies of the roles of experience in behavioral development. The system in which these processes are analyzed is the transition from dependent to independent feeding in ring doves. The specific ways in which experience with different foods, parental interaction, and observing other birds influence the development of this response are studied. Additionally, we are able to investigate the neural changes that underlie the behavioral development. These studies are leading to the development of a framework in which the roles of experience in the development of any behavior can be analyzed. How to get new responses to occur is an important aspect of many human activities. Parents want to provide experiences for their children that help them to develop adaptively. Teachers want their pupils to acquire new repertoires. Therapists try to induce new and more adaptive behaviors in their clients and businesses may wish to promote creative problem solving in their employees. Because there are some general principles about how new behaviors emerge, the results obtained by analyzing this model system can be applied in a wide range of practical settings.