Studies of complex forms of behavior in various vertebrates.
In the evolutionary series of vertebrates, a correlation was established between degrees of structural and functional organization of the brain and features of the formation of complex behavioral acts. Gradual evolution of a complex sequence of motor, food-obtaining, conditioned reflexes, and a capacity for visual discrimination in the phylogenetic line of vertebrates (cartilaginous and marine bony fishes, reptiles, and mammals--insectivores, rodents, and primates) was disclosed.
D000818:Animals; D001070:Appetitive Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003214:Conditioning, Classical / Q000502:physiology; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000502:physiology; D005399:Fishes; D006364:Hedgehogs; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D051381:Rats; D014426:Turtles; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology