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Peer reviewedTurkheimer, Eric – Psychological Review, 1998
Explores the role of biological causation in the development of behavioral outcomes. Genes and other biological structures constitute complex behavior, but the behavior of complex organisms cannot be derived from the biogenetic units of which it is composed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Biological Influences, Genetics, Heredity
Peer reviewedCohen, Jonathan D.; Servan-Schreiber, David – Psychological Review, 1992
Using a connectionist framework, it is possible to develop models exploring effects of biologically relevant variables on behavior. The ability of such models to explain schizophrenic behavior in terms of biological disturbances is considered, and computer models are presented that simulate normal and schizophrenic behavior in an attentional task.…
Descriptors: Attention, Behavior Patterns, Biological Influences, Cognitive Processes
