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Practical Guide 4: Coordination, Response and Behaviour
Published by the Nuffield Foundation this Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology Practical Guide is linked to chapters 11-14 of Study Guide I. Technical information and notes for teachers about the practical activities is given in Teachers’ Guide I.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 11: Co-ordination and communication
11A: The spinal cord and spinal roots
11B: The histology of nerve and muscle tissue
11C: The physiology of a nerve-muscle preparation
11D: The nerve impulses in the earthworm's ventral nerve cord
Chapter 12: The response to stimuli
12A: The response of Tribolium to humidity
12B: The response of Calliphora larvae to light
12C: Short-term changes in responsiveness
12D: The tropic responses of coleoptiles and radicles
12E: The nature and detection of the stimulus involved in phototropism
Chapter 13: Behaviour
13A: Turning behaviour in woodlice
3B: The reproductive behaviour of the three-spined stickleback
13C: Sex pheromones in the Mediterranean flour moth
13D: Associative learning in mammals
13E: Social order in hens
Chapter 14: The human brain and the mind
14A: Sensorimotor skills in humans
14B: Perception
14C: Memory
14D: Intelligence
14E: Emotion
14F: Sleep
14G: Extra-sensory perception and psychokinesis
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