▁explains ▁it ▁with ▁respect ▁to ▁other ▁sens ory ▁and ▁species ' ▁systems ▁( He il igen berg ▁ 1 9 9 1 ). ▁ ▁His ▁incl ination ▁to ▁successfully ▁use ▁computational ▁methods ▁and ▁model ing ▁made ▁him ▁a ▁pione er ▁in ▁the ▁ne uro eth ology ▁community . ▁ ▁Heil igen berg ▁lab ▁During ▁Heil igen berg ' s ▁time ▁at ▁S cri pp s , ▁he ▁directed ▁his ▁fellow ▁research ers ▁and ▁gradu ate ▁students ▁toward ▁expl oring ▁behavior al ▁phen omena ▁through ▁ne uro eth ological ▁methods ▁and ▁interests . ▁ ▁His ▁open ness ▁with ▁his ▁gradu ate ▁students ▁was ▁notable , ▁as ▁he ▁encourag ed ▁them ▁not ▁only ▁to ▁use ▁and ▁learn ▁new ▁techniques ▁and ▁other ▁interests ▁in ▁different ▁fields , ▁but ▁was ▁also ▁willing ▁to ▁allow ▁them ▁independently ▁started ▁projects ▁and ▁papers ▁published ▁without ▁being ▁named ▁as ▁a ▁co - author ▁( Z up anc ▁and ▁Bul lock ▁ 2 0 0 6 ). ▁ ▁More ▁important ly , ▁his ▁personal ▁work ▁employed ▁the ▁useful ▁aspects ▁of ▁both ▁ne uro phys i ology ▁and ▁eth ology , ▁whose ▁approaches ▁addressed ▁the ▁single - unit ▁interactions ▁and ▁more ▁complicated ▁pattern ed ▁processes , ▁respectively ▁( He il igen berg 1 9 7 7 ). ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁own ▁words , ▁his ▁method ology ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁belief ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁" most ▁prom ising ▁if ▁the ▁behavior ▁investig ated ▁is ▁sufficiently ▁simple ▁to ▁readily ▁allow ▁ne uro phys i ological ▁interpret ations . ▁ ▁Part icular ly ▁suitable