THE RETICULAR FORMATION. PART II. THE BIOLOGY OF THE RETICULAR FORMATION.

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Abstract:

The paper describes and discusses a mode hypothesis for the performance of the reticular formation RF that postulates that the core of the RF is the structure that commits a vertebrate to one mode of behavior or another. If properly interpreted, the modes are mutually incompatible. In integrated, stable physiological pattern occurs for each mode. The paper discusses the definition of a mode, some relations between modes, and several elements involved in switching between modes. Author

Author(s):
Kilmer, W. L.
Author Organization(s):
MICHIGAN STATE UNIV EAST LANSING DIV OF ENGINEERING RESEARCH
Descriptive Note:
Interim scientific rept. no. 3,
Supplementary Note:
See also Part 1, AD-685 732.
Pagination:
0078

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
AFOSR-69-0961TR
Contract/Grant Number(s):
AF-AFOSR-1023-67
Task Number(s):
976902
Project Number(s):
AF-9769
Monitor Series:
69-0961TR
 Subject Terms
Modernization Areas:
Directed Energy
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
*CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, *VERTEBRATES, NETWORKS, BEHAVIOR, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, LABORATORY ANIMALS, STIMULATION(PHYSIOLOGY), CONDITIONED RESPONSE, SURGERY, ANATOMY
Field(s)/Group(s):
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Psychology, Anatomy and Physiology
Keyword(s):
RETICULAR FORMATION, SWITCHING THEORY
Report Date:
1969 Feb 01