RUI: Learning and Development

建议#9727428瑞：早年的学习和发展经历会对晚年的正常和不正常行为产生深远的影响。该项目的目的是开发一个模型系统，用于研究经验在行为发展中的作用。分析这些过程的系统是环鸽从依赖到独立摄食的过渡。对不同食物的经验、父母的互动以及观察其他鸟类影响这种反应发展的具体方式进行了研究。此外，我们还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，可以分析经验在任何行为发展中的作用。如何做出新的反应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，帮助他们适应发展。老师们希望他们的学生掌握新的剧目。治疗师试图在他们的客户中诱导出新的、更具适应性的行为，而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，因此通过分析该模型系统所获得的结果可以在广泛的实际环境中应用。

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.