Behavioral Neuroscience

  1. Learning and Memory
    1. Types of Learning
      1. Non-Associative Learning
        1. Habituation
          1. Sensitization
            1. Mechanisms and Time Course
            2. Associative Learning
              1. Classical Conditioning
                1. Acquisition
                  1. Extinction
                    1. Spontaneous Recovery
                      1. Generalization
                        1. Discrimination
                        2. Operant Conditioning
                          1. Reinforcement
                            1. Punishment
                              1. Schedules of Reinforcement
                                1. Shaping
                              2. Observational Learning
                                1. Imitation
                                  1. Social Learning
                                    1. Mirror Neurons
                                  2. Memory Systems
                                    1. Declarative Memory
                                      1. Episodic Memory
                                        1. Semantic Memory
                                          1. Autobiographical Memory
                                          2. Non-Declarative Memory
                                            1. Procedural Memory
                                              1. Priming
                                                1. Classical Conditioning
                                                  1. Habit Learning
                                                  2. Working Memory
                                                    1. Phonological Loop
                                                      1. Visuospatial Sketchpad
                                                        1. Central Executive
                                                          1. Episodic Buffer
                                                        2. Cellular Mechanisms of Learning
                                                          1. Synaptic Plasticity
                                                            1. Hebbian Learning
                                                              1. Activity-Dependent Plasticity
                                                                1. Homeostatic Plasticity
                                                                2. Long-Term Potentiation
                                                                  1. NMDA Receptor Activation
                                                                    1. Calcium Signaling
                                                                      1. Protein Synthesis
                                                                        1. Structural Changes
                                                                        2. Long-Term Depression
                                                                          1. Induction Mechanisms
                                                                            1. Functional Significance
                                                                              1. Developmental Role
                                                                              2. Metaplasticity
                                                                                1. Sliding Threshold
                                                                                  1. Priming Effects
                                                                                    1. Homeostatic Regulation
                                                                                  2. Brain Structures in Memory
                                                                                    1. Hippocampus
                                                                                      1. Anatomy and Connections
                                                                                        1. Place Cells
                                                                                          1. Memory Consolidation
                                                                                            1. Pattern Separation
                                                                                            2. Medial Temporal Lobe
                                                                                              1. Hippocampal Formation
                                                                                                1. Parahippocampal Cortex
                                                                                                  1. Perirhinal Cortex
                                                                                                    1. Entorhinal Cortex
                                                                                                    2. Prefrontal Cortex
                                                                                                      1. Working Memory
                                                                                                        1. Executive Control
                                                                                                          1. Source Memory
                                                                                                            1. Metamemory
                                                                                                            2. Amygdala
                                                                                                              1. Emotional Memory
                                                                                                                1. Fear Conditioning
                                                                                                                  1. Memory Modulation
                                                                                                                  2. Striatum
                                                                                                                    1. Habit Learning
                                                                                                                      1. Procedural Memory
                                                                                                                        1. Skill Acquisition
                                                                                                                        2. Cerebellum
                                                                                                                          1. Motor Learning
                                                                                                                            1. Classical Conditioning
                                                                                                                              1. Cognitive Functions
                                                                                                                            2. Memory Processes
                                                                                                                              1. Encoding
                                                                                                                                1. Attention and Encoding
                                                                                                                                  1. Elaborative Processing
                                                                                                                                    1. Organizational Strategies
                                                                                                                                    2. Consolidation
                                                                                                                                      1. Systems Consolidation
                                                                                                                                        1. Cellular Consolidation
                                                                                                                                          1. Sleep and Consolidation
                                                                                                                                          2. Retrieval
                                                                                                                                            1. Recall vs Recognition
                                                                                                                                              1. Retrieval Cues
                                                                                                                                                1. Context Effects
                                                                                                                                                2. Forgetting
                                                                                                                                                  1. Decay Theory
                                                                                                                                                    1. Interference Theory
                                                                                                                                                      1. Retrieval Failure
                                                                                                                                                    2. Memory Disorders
                                                                                                                                                      1. Amnesia
                                                                                                                                                        1. Anterograde Amnesia
                                                                                                                                                          1. Retrograde Amnesia
                                                                                                                                                            1. Dissociations
                                                                                                                                                            2. Alzheimer's Disease
                                                                                                                                                              1. Neuropathology
                                                                                                                                                                1. Cognitive Symptoms
                                                                                                                                                                  1. Disease Progression
                                                                                                                                                                  2. Other Dementias
                                                                                                                                                                    1. Vascular Dementia
                                                                                                                                                                      1. Frontotemporal Dementia
                                                                                                                                                                        1. Lewy Body Dementia

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