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Velocity and direction in neurobehavioral evolution: The centripetal prospective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2006

Robert R. Provine
Robert R. Provine
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland–Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250. provine@umbc.edu
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Abstract

Selection for or against muscle initiates a cascade of centripetal (outside-in), trophically mediated, neurological events through which the environment programs heritable neuromuscular and neuroneuronal connections in a rapid and specific fashion. The velocity, direction, and efficiency of this process are a consequence of the environment acting directly on muscle, the organ of action, and behavioral interface between organism and environment.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , February 2006 , pp. 21 - 22
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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