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The framework of systemic psychophysiology has been described. Data were described from studies of unit activity in vitro, and in awake normal and pathological animals learn­ing new behaviours, and realizing previously-learned behaviours (both complex instru­mental behavior and simple acts). Data were also described from experiments with human subjects who learned and performed tasks of word categorization and skilled per-

formance, and board games, and who answered psychodiagnostic questionnaires. Based on these descriptions, qualitative and quantitative descriptions of the principles of forma­tion and realization of individual experience were suggested in the framework of a unified methodology. From the authors' point of view, the development of a new system—systemogeny—is considered to be the fixation of a stage of individual develop­ment. The performance of a behaviour is the simultaneous realization of many elements of individual experience, formed at different stages of individual development. The dynamics of formation and actualization of the structure of individual experience were thus demonstrated, and the relations among elements of individual experience in different forms of behaviour and at different stages of its formation and realization were described.

The authors wish to express their appreciation to L.I. Alexandrov and O.E. Svarnik for their assistance with preparation of the manuscript. The studies described above were supported by grants provided by the Russian Humanitarian Scientific Fond (NN 99-06-00169, 95-06-17292, 96-03-04627), the Russian Fund for Fundamental Research (NN 93-06-10787, 96-06-80626, 96-15-98641, 97-06-80275), the Finnish Academy of Sciences, The Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, the Foundation pour la Recherche Medicale, Human Frontiers, CNRS Programme Cognisciences.

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