JP SCOTT CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE
MIND AND BEHAVIOR

Presents
The Robert Conner Memorial Lecture
April 14th 2005

From platypuses to rats and beyond: Reflections on the neuro-evolutionary origins of why we play

Steve Sivy

The Center for Neuroscience, Mind & Behavior at Bowling Green State University is a group of faculty, post-doctoral associates, graduate, and undergraduate students actively studying the dynamic relationships between the nervous system, the mind, and behavior. The Center focuses explicitly on integrating behavioral, affective and cognitive research with the various sub-disciplines of neuroscience. Our primary goal is to offer a mechanistic understanding of integrated systems of behavior at levels of analysis that bridge individual molecules, cells, and circuits with motivational systems, emotions and cognition.