Neural and Behavioral Specificity

Content: 
Front Matter
Page i

Copyright page
Page ii

List of Contributors
Page ix

Preface
Pages x-xi
GILBERT GOTTLIEB

Dedication to C. Judson Herrick (1868–1960)
Pages xii-xvii

Introduction
Pages 3-4

Innate and Experiential Factors in the Development of the Visual System: Historical Basis of Current Controversy
Pages 5-24
WILLIAM R. LIPPE

The Roles of Experience in the Development of Behavior and the Nervous System
Pages 25-54
GILBERT GOTTLIEB

Introduction
Pages 57-58

The Formation of Visual Neuronal Connections: An Appraisal of the Present Status of the Theory of “Neuronal Specificity”
Pages 59-110
M.J. KEATING

Retinotectal Specificity: Chemoaffinity Theory
Pages 111-149
RONALD L. MEYER, R.W. SPERRY

Introduction
Pages 153-154

Receptive Field Organization in the Mammalian Visual Cortex: The Role of Individual Experience in Development
Pages 155-193
PAUL GROBSTEIN, KAO LIANG CHOW

Development of Neuronal Responses in the Visual System of Cats
Pages 195-232
J.D. DANIELS, J.D. PETTIGREW

Introduction
Page 235

Early Development of Species-Specific Auditory Perception in Birds
Pages 237-280
GILBERT GOTTLIEB

Perceptual Development in Mammals
Pages 281-326
RICHARD C. TEES

Introduction to Epilogue
Pages 329-331

Author Index
Pages 333-340

Subject Index
Pages 341-350

Contents of Previous Volumes
Pages 351-352