| Abstract: | Reports an error in the original article "Septum and Behavior: A Review," by P. A. Fried (Psychological Bulletin) Vol. 78(4) Oct 1972, 292-310. Line 19 of the second column of page 292 should read as follows: . . . separate paper (Fried, 1972). One . . . . (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in record 1973-02623-001.) A review of research and discussion related to the behavioral effects of septal dysfunction supports the conclusion that a unitary conceptualization of the role of the septum is inappropriate and simplistic. Discrete lesion and stimulating techniques indicate that the septum cannot be considered equipotential in either its contribution to various types of behavior or in its anatomical relationships with other subcortical structures. Evidence indicates that various nuclei in the septum are important in at least 4 dissociable behavior patterns: (a) damage to the medial septal nucleus impairs the ability to alter a response on the basis of proprioceptive cues, (b) damage to the lateral and posterior regions of the septum increases the magnitude of negative responses to unpalatable solutions, (c) damage to regions of the septum that are anatomically connected to the hypothalamus increases the intake of water, and (d) damage to a variety of septal nuclei results in overresponding to positively-motivating stimuli. This latter finding is interpreted as implicating the septum in a specific type of response-suppressing mechanism. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
