Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, and Center for Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, United States.
Behav Brain Res. 2012 Jun 1;231(2):250-61. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.03.007. Epub 2012 Mar 28.
Phenomena in behavior and their underlying neural mechanisms are exquisitely complex problems. Infrequently do we reflect on our basic strategies of investigation and analysis, or formally confront the actual challenges of achieving an understanding of the phenomena that inspire research. Philip Teitelbaum is distinct in his elegant approaches to understanding behavioral phenomena and their associated neural processes. He also articulated his views on effective approaches to scientific analyses of brain and behavior, his vision of how behavior and the nervous system are patterned, and what constitutes basic understanding. His rubrics involve careful observation and description of behavior, simplification of the complexity, analysis of elements, and re-integration through different forms of synthesis. Research on the development of huddling behavior by individual and groups of rats is reviewed in a context of Teitelbaum's rubrics of research, with the goal of appreciating his broad and positive influence on the scientific community.
行为现象及其潜在的神经机制是极其复杂的问题。我们很少反思自己的基本研究和分析策略，或者正式面对理解激发研究的现象所面临的实际挑战。菲利普·泰特尔鲍姆（Philip Teitelbaum）在理解行为现象及其相关神经过程方面的方法独具一格。他还阐述了自己对大脑和行为科学分析的有效方法的看法，对行为和神经系统模式的看法，以及构成基本理解的内容。他的准则包括仔细观察和描述行为，简化复杂性，分析元素，以及通过不同形式的综合重新整合。本文以泰特尔鲍姆的研究准则为背景，回顾了个体和群体大鼠挤作一团行为的发展研究，旨在充分认识他对科学界的广泛而积极的影响。
