Nemati, Nedah (2024) On Natural Behavioral Studies. [Preprint]
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A growing number of neuroscientific articles now discuss the revolutionary tools and techniques of naturalistic behavioral studies. Falling under the umbrella of as ‘naturalistic neuroscience’, these studies aim to impart the precision and control of traditional behavioral experiments while also documenting ‘real-world’ animal behavior. The present study examines the tools and techniques used in these studies from both a theoretical and modeling perspective. Results of this paper demonstrate the contradictions generated by ‘naturalistic’ empirical manipulations, as well as cases where the process of experimental comparability is hindered. I show that focusing on competing experimental aims more closely aligns experimental outcomes compared to the coarse-grained use of the ‘naturalistic’ concept, which instead oversimplifies the complexity of methodological drivers in behavioral neuroscience. From this analysis, I recommend the use of a revised framework that imparts greater transparency in the experimental aims of researchers studying animal behavior.
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| Keywords: | Philosophy of Neuroscience; naturalistic studies; behavioral neuroscience | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Molecular Neuroscience Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Systems Neuroscience |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Nedah Nemati | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 09 Nov 2024 13:19 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2024 15:39 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 24186 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Molecular Neuroscience Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Systems Neuroscience |
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| Date: | 8 November 2024 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24186 |
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