title: Mechanism of behavioral adaptation: analyses by a simple model.
abstract: This paper outlines a model describing how animals adapt to a particular circumstance. This model is based on observations that animals learn behaviors that best fit a circumstance, and that the adapted animals then select the most suitable behavior that minimizes their psychological energy usage. The model consists of behavioral memory units and their network connections. By using the model, various animal disadaptations can be analyzed and the antibody-production system can be clearly explained as an adaptation. Finally, it is proposed that simulation of the model can be performed on a computer.
authors.affiliation: Psychosomatic Division, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Masuda
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology; D008960:Models, Psychological