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What is the usefulness of a comparative approach to the study of behavioral development during infancy? A large amount of research has been done on behavioral ontogeny using different approaches ranging from the evolutionistic meaning of the development to the maturation of the neurochemical and neurophysiological cerebral systems, to the role of the genetic and environmental factors with respect to the development and finally to the toxicological and pharmacological aspects of brain development. The laboratory animal represents a good tool for 1) a comparative approach, because precocial and altricial species are available, 2) the study of the role of genetic factors, because a number of inbred strains are available belonging to the same animal species, either when birds and rodents or complex mammals are considered, 3) the study of neurochemical and neurophysiological factors, since, mainly for some species, a large body of experiments exists in the field of neuroscience, and finally 4) the study of the toxicological and pharmacological factors, which can be accurately screened; this screening is obviously impossible in our species. A comprehensive review of all these arguments cannot be given in a single paper owing to the very large body of existing ethological, psychobiological and psychopharmacological evidence.
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Oliverio, A., Castellano, C. (1983). A Comparative Approach to Behavioral Development. In: Oliverio, A., Zappella, M. (eds) The Behavior of Human Infants. Ettore Majorana International Science Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3784-3_2
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