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Assessment and Evaluation of the High Risk Neonate: The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale
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2014
The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale (NNNS) was developed as an assessment for the at-risk infant. The purpose of this article is to describe the NNNS, provide video examples of the NNNS procedures and discuss the ways in which the exam has been used.
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Studying Neurobehavioral Effects of Environmental Pollutants on Zebrafish Larvae
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2020
A detailed experimental protocol is presented in this paper for the evaluation of neurobehavioral toxicity of environmental pollutants using a zebrafish larvae model, including the exposure process and tests for neurobehavioral indicators.
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Neurobehavioral Assessments in a Mouse Model of Neonatal Hypoxic-ischemic Brain Injury
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2017
We performed unilateral carotid artery occlusion on postnatal day 7-10 CD-1 mouse pups to create a neonatal hypoxic-ischemic (HI) model and investigated the effects of HI brain injury. We studied neurobehavioral functions in these mice compared to non-operated normal mice.
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The Rodent Psychomotor Vigilance Test (rPVT): A Method for Assessing Neurobehavioral Performance in Rats and Mice
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2016
A rat version of the human Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT) is described that measures aspects of attention similar to those measured with the human PVT, including aspects of human vigilance such as performance accuracy, motor speed, premature responding, and lapses in attention.
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Larval Locomotion Assay: High-Throughput Method to Study Neurobehavioral Toxicity of a Compound in Zebrafish Larvae
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2023
This article describes zebrafish’s behavioral response to toxic compounds by monitoring larval locomotion. The protocol further looks at an example of zebrafish larvae’s response to environmental pollutant.
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Researchers compare behavioral measurements with neural or physiological evidence while using controlled tasks and observations. Changes in behavior can then be examined alongside changes in nervous-system activity, helping investigators assess whether a pattern is associated with biological processes, environmental conditions, or prior experience. This comparison supports more precise psychological explanations.
Behavioral data show what a person does, remembers, decides, or experiences, while neural and physiological measures provide evidence about accompanying biological activity. Examining both types of information connects observable outcomes with nervous-system processes rather than relying on behavior alone. In psychology, this strengthens models of learning, memory, motivation, decision-making, and emotion.
Studying behavior alone can reveal consistent patterns, but adding neural or physiological evidence provides another level of explanation. The combined approach examines how changes in nervous-system activity correspond to changes in behavior, cognition, or emotion. This can help distinguish biological contributions from environmental and experiential influences and produce more precise models than behavioral observations alone.
A study typically measures a psychological or behavioral outcome during a controlled task or observation, while also collecting neural or other biological evidence when appropriate. Researchers then compare the behavioral results with the recorded biological activity to evaluate their correspondence. The resulting analysis can clarify processes involved in cognition, emotion, motivation, or social interaction.
Researchers may integrate controlled tasks, behavioral observation, neuroimaging, and recordings of biological signals. Controlled tasks provide a structured way to examine targeted behavior, whereas observation captures behavior as it is measured in the study. Neuroimaging and biological recordings add neural or physiological evidence, allowing findings from different measurement levels to be considered together.
This approach can be applied to learning, memory, motivation, decision-making, emotion, cognition, and social interaction. By relating behavioral outcomes to neural or physiological activity, investigators can develop more specific explanations for how these processes operate. The same framework also helps examine how biological influences interact with environmental and experiential factors in psychological behavior.
In the study of psychological disorders, linking behavior with neural or physiological evidence may support more precise models of altered cognition and mental health. Its findings can inform assessment, prevention, and interventions for conditions affecting cognition or mental health. The approach therefore connects basic psychological research with goals that are relevant to clinical understanding and care.