ABSTRACT

How is behavior controlled by the brain? How is the brain wired up during development? How do we sense the environment? What is changed in the brain when we learn something new? How much of our brain function and behavior is shaped by our genes, and how much reflects the environment in which we grew up? What about the contributions of genes and environment to the brain function and behavior of animals: monkeys, mice, frogs, or fruit flies? How have nervous systems evolved? What goes wrong in brain disorders?