title: [Role of the frontal cortex--caudate nucleus system in implementing the function of generalization].
abstract: A comparative analysis of functional contribution of the caudate nucleus and frontal cortex to the cats behaviour was carried out by means of their neurosurgical elimination. It was shown on the model of alternative choice that the morpho-functional caudate frontal link is critically necessary for the mechanisms of comparison, singling out and generalization of essential characteristics in the integrative brain activity based on the euristic principle of empiric regularity search. The caudate nucleus ensures the formation of the simpliest analogues of pre-verbal notions, while the frontal cortex is responsible for the machanisms of elementary abstractions, necessary for objects classification processes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002415:Cats; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000502:physiology*; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology; D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D005795:Generalization, Stimulus / Q000502:physiology*; D011340:Problem Solving / Q000502:physiology; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Rol' sistemy lobnaia kora--khvostatoe iadro v obespechenii funktsii obobshcheniia.