IBYME   02675
INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA Y MEDICINA EXPERIMENTAL
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Comparative Analysis of Animal Cognition. Some topical on Learning and Evolution of Vertebrate Cognition.
Autor/es:
MUZIO, R. N.
Lugar:
Bogotá
Reunión:
Congreso; XVIIth Biannual Meeting of the International Society for Comparative Psychology (ISCP); 2014
Institución organizadora:
International Society for Comparative Psychology
Resumen:
Approaching to the study of patterns and processes in the evolution of learning and cognition requires understanding behavioral responses in a comparative analysis frame. Traditionally, vertebrate brain and behavior evolution was viewed as a linear process of increasing complexity and advancement, from "lower" to "higher" groups. Thus, fish and amphibians were considered the lowest vertebrates, with a scarcely differentiated telencephalon and very limited learning and cognitive capabilities. However, increasing evidence reveals that the brain of every vertebrate presents a common basic pattern of neuroanatomical and functional organization. Some topical of these behavioral and neural issues will be developed in this presentation. We will summarize data concerning learning, memory and communication, with information ranging from fish and amphibians to birds and mammals, which in many cases are shown closely parallel to each other. There are remarkable similarities between vertebrates concerning both behavior as well as the role of different brain areas in learning and memory and cognitive processes, suggesting that their brain systems could have appeared early during the evolution of vertebrates, having been conserved through phylogenesis.