Experiments
The Simple and Complex Cells Discovery Experiment – David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel
A comprehensive academic analysis of Hubel and Wiesel's landmark experiments discovering simple and complex cells...
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Theories
Social Baseline Theory – James A. Coan
A comprehensive academic analysis of James A. Coan's Social Baseline Theory, detailing its neurobiological, bioenergetic,...
Experiments
The Brain Opioid Theory of Social Attachment Experiments – Jaak Panksepp
A comprehensive academic analysis of Jaak Panksepp's Brain Opioid Theory of Social Attachment, detailing classic...
Experiments
The Rat Tickling Experiments (PLAY System) – Jaak Panksepp
Explore Jaak Panksepp's rat tickling experiments, uncovering the neural substrates, evolutionary origins, and neurochemistry of...
Experiments
The Case of S.M. (The Woman with No Fear) – Justin Feinstein, Ralph Adolphs, and Antonio Damasio
A detailed academic analysis of Patient S.M., exploring bilateral amygdala lesions, Urbach-Wiethe disease, and landmark...
Experiments
The Somatic Marker Hypothesis Experiments (Iowa Gambling Task) – Antonio Damasio and Antoine Bechara
A comprehensive academic analysis of Antonio Damasio and Antoine Bechara's Somatic Marker Hypothesis and the...
Experiments
The Executive Monkey Experiment – Joseph Brady
A comprehensive academic analysis of Joseph Brady's 1958 Executive Monkey Experiment, examining its methodology, physiological...
Experiments
The Klüver-Bucy Syndrome Experiment – Heinrich Klüver and Paul Bucy
A comprehensive academic analysis of the seminal 1930s Klüver-Bucy syndrome experiments, detailing bilateral temporal lobectomy...
Theories
Psychoneuroimmunology Conditioning Model – Robert Ader & Nicholas Cohen
Explore the psychoneuroimmunology conditioning model by Robert Ader and Nicholas Cohen, detailing experimental paradigms, neural...
Experiments
The Pleasure Center Discovery Experiment (Intracranial Self-Stimulation) – James Olds and Peter Milner
An exhaustive academic exploration of Olds and Milner's 1954 intracranial self-stimulation experiment, discovering neural reward...
Experiments
The Optogenetic Memory Engram Manipulation Experiment – Susumu Tonegawa
A comprehensive academic analysis of Susumu Tonegawa's landmark optogenetic memory engram manipulation experiments, mechanisms, findings,...
Experiments
The Memory Reconsolidation Experiment – Karim Nader, Glenn Schafe, and Joseph LeDoux
A comprehensive academic analysis of Nader, Schafe, and LeDoux's groundbreaking 2000 experiment demonstrating that retrieved...