Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience

Download Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience

Author : Steven Platek
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262162415
Total Pages : 637 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (621 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience by : Steven Platek

Download or read book Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience written by Steven Platek and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential reference for the new discipline of evolutionary cognitive neuroscience that defines the field's approach of applying evolutionary theory to guide brain-behavior investigations. Since Darwin we have known that evolution has shaped all organisms and that biological organs—including the brain and the highly crafted animal nervous system—are subject to the pressures of natural and sexual selection. It is only relatively recently, however, that the cognitive neurosciences have begun to apply evolutionary theory and methods to the study of brain and behavior. This landmark reference documents and defines the emerging field of evolutionary cognitive neuroscience. Chapters by leading researchers demonstrate the power of the evolutionary perspective to yield new data, theory, and insights on the evolution and functional modularity of the brain. Evolutionary cognitive neuroscience covers all areas of cognitive neuroscience, from nonhuman brain-behavior relationships to human cognition and consciousness, and each section of Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience addresses a different adaptive problem. After an introductory section that outlines the basic tenets of both theory and methodology of an evolutionarily informed cognitive neuroscience, the book treats neuroanatomy from ontogenetic and phylogenetic perspectives and explores reproduction and kin recognition, spatial cognition and language, and self-awareness and social cognition. Notable findings include a theory to explain the extended ontogenetic and brain development periods of big-brained organisms, fMRI research on the neural correlates of romantic attraction, an evolutionary view of sex differences in spatial cognition, a theory of language evolution that draws on recent research on mirror neurons, and evidence for a rudimentary theory of mind in nonhuman primates. A final section discusses the ethical implications of evolutionary cognitive neuroscience and the future of the field. Contributors: C. Davison Ankney, Simon Baron-Cohen, S. Marc Breedlove, William Christiana, Michael Corballis, Robin I. M. Dunbar, Russell Fernald, Helen Fisher, Jonathan Flombaum, Farah Focquaert, Steven J.C. Gaulin, Aaron Goetz, Kevin Guise, Ruben C. Gur, William D. Hopkins, Farzin Irani, Julian Paul Keenan, Michael Kimberly, Stephen Kosslyn, Sarah L. Levin, Lori Marino, David Newlin, Ivan S. Panyavin, Shilpa Patel, Webb Phillips, Steven M. Platek, David Andrew Puts, Katie Rodak, J. Philippe Rushton, Laurie Santos, Todd K. Shackelford, Kyra Singh, Sean T. Stevens, Valerie Stone, Jaime W. Thomson, Gina Volshteyn, Paul Root Wolpe

Foundations in Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience

Author : Steven M. Platek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521884217
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Foundations in Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience by : Steven M. Platek

Download or read book Foundations in Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience written by Steven M. Platek and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-26 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential primer presenting major topics of study undertaken by evolutionary cognitive neuroscientists.

Evolutionary Neuroscience

Author : Jon H. Kaas
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9780123751683
Total Pages : 1038 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (516 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Evolutionary Neuroscience by : Jon H. Kaas

Download or read book Evolutionary Neuroscience written by Jon H. Kaas and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2009-07-28 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolutionary Neuroscience is a collection of articles in brain evolution selected from the recent comprehensive reference, Evolution of Nervous Systems (Elsevier, Academic Press, 2007). The selected chapters cover a broad range of topics from historical theory to the most recent deductions from comparative studies of brains. The articles are organized in sections focused on theories and brain scaling, the evolution of brains from early vertebrates to present-day fishes, amphibians, reptiles and birds, the evolution of mammalian brains, and the evolution of primate brains, including human brains. Each chapter is written by a leader or leaders in the field, and has been reviewed by other experts. Specific topics include brain character reconstruction, principles of brain scaling, basic features of vertebrate brains, the evolution of the major sensory systems, and other parts of brains, what we can learn from fossils, the origin of neocortex, and the evolution of specializations of human brains. The collection of articles will be interesting to anyone who is curious about how brains evolved from the simpler nervous systems of the first vertebrates into the many different complex forms now found in present-day vertebrates. This book would be of use to students at the graduate or undergraduate levels, as well as professional neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, and psychologists. Together, the chapters provide a comprehensive list of further reading and references for those who want to inquire further. • The most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date single volume collection on brain evolution • Full color throughout, with many illustrations • Written by leading scholars and experts

Cognitive Biology

Author : Luca Tommasi
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262551896
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Cognitive Biology by : Luca Tommasi

Download or read book Cognitive Biology written by Luca Tommasi and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of current research at the intersection of psychology and biology, integrating evolutionary and developmental data and explanations. In the past few decades, sources of inspiration in the multidisciplinary field of cognitive science have widened. In addition to ongoing vital work in cognitive and affective neuroscience, important new work is being conducted at the intersection of psychology and the biological sciences in general. This volume offers an overview of the cross-disciplinary integration of evolutionary and developmental approaches to cognition in light of these exciting new contributions from the life sciences. This research has explored many cognitive abilities in a wide range of organisms and developmental stages, and results have revealed the nature and origin of many instances of the cognitive life of organisms. Each section of Cognitive Biology deals with a key domain of cognition: spatial cognition; the relationships among attention, perception, and learning; representations of numbers and economic values; and social cognition. Contributors discuss each topic from the perspectives of psychology and neuroscience, brain theory and modeling, evolutionary theory, ecology, genetics, and developmental science. Contributors Chris M. Bird, Elizabeth M. Brannon, Neil Burgess, Jessica F. Cantlon, Stanislas Dehaene, Christian F. Doeller, Reuven Dukas, Rochel Gelman, Alexander Gerganov, Paul W. Glimcher, Robert L. Goldstone, Edward M. Hubbard, Lucia F. Jacobs, Mark H. Johnson, Annette Karmiloff-Smith, David Landy, Lynn Nadel, Nora S. Newcombe, Daniel Osorio, Mary A. Peterson, Manuela Piazza, Philippe Pinel, Michael L. Platt, Kristin R. Ratliff, Michael E. Roberts, Wendy S. Shallcross, Stephen V. Shepherd, Sylvain Sirois, Luca Tommasi, Alessandro Treves, Alexandra Twyman, Giorgio Vallortigara

Cognitive Evolution

Author : David B. Boles
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 042965071X
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Cognitive Evolution by : David B. Boles

Download or read book Cognitive Evolution written by David B. Boles and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cognitive Evolution provides an in-depth exploration of the history and development of cognition, from the beginning of life on Earth to present-day humans. Drawing together evolutionary and comparative research, this book presents a unique perspective on the evolution of human cognition. Adopting an information processing perspective – that is, from inputs to outputs, with all the mental processes in between, Boles provides a systematic overview of the evolutionary development of cognition and of its sensation, movement, and perception components. The book is supported by long-established evolutionary theories and backed up by a wealth of recent research from the growing field of cognitive evolution and cognitive neuroscience to provide a comprehensive text on the subject. Cognitive Evolution is an essential read for advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of cognitive and evolutionary psychology.

Human Cultures through the Scientific Lens

Author : Pascal Boyer
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1800642091
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (6 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Human Cultures through the Scientific Lens by : Pascal Boyer

Download or read book Human Cultures through the Scientific Lens written by Pascal Boyer and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2021-07-09 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a collection of seven articles previously published by the author, with a new introduction reframing the articles in the context of past and present questions in anthropology, psychology and human evolution. It promotes the perspective of ‘integrated’ social science, in which social science questions are addressed in a deliberately eclectic manner, combining results and models from evolutionary biology, experimental psychology, economics, anthropology and history. It thus constitutes a welcome contribution to a gradually emerging approach to social science based on E. O. Wilson’s concept of ‘consilience’. Human Cultures through the Scientific Lens spans a wide range of topics, from an examination of ritual behaviour, integrating neuro-science, ethology and anthropology to explain why humans engage in ritual actions (both cultural and individual), to the motivation of conflicts between groups. As such, the collection gives readers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the applications of an evolutionary paradigm in the social sciences. This volume will be a useful resource for scholars and students in the social sciences (particularly psychology, anthropology, evolutionary biology and the political sciences), as well as a general readership interested in the social sciences.

Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior

Author : Sara J. Shettleworth
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199717811
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (178 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior by : Sara J. Shettleworth

Download or read book Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior written by Sara J. Shettleworth and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-10 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do animals perceive the world, learn, remember, search for food or mates, communicate, and find their way around? Do any nonhuman animals count, imitate one another, use a language, or have a culture? What are the uses of cognition in nature and how might it have evolved? What is the current status of Darwin's claim that other species share the same "mental powers" as humans, but to different degrees? In this completely revised second edition of Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior, Sara Shettleworth addresses these questions, among others, by integrating findings from psychology, behavioral ecology, and ethology in a unique and wide-ranging synthesis of theory and research on animal cognition, in the broadest sense--from species-specific adaptations of vision in fish and associative learning in rats to discussions of theory of mind in chimpanzees, dogs, and ravens. She reviews the latest research on topics such as episodic memory, metacognition, and cooperation and other-regarding behavior in animals, as well as recent theories about what makes human cognition unique. In every part of this new edition, Shettleworth incorporates findings and theoretical approaches that have emerged since the first edition was published in 1998. The chapters are now organized into three sections: Fundamental Mechanisms (perception, learning, categorization, memory), Physical Cognition (space, time, number, physical causation), and Social Cognition (social knowledge, social learning, communication). Shettleworth has also added new chapters on evolution and the brain and on numerical cognition, and a new chapter on physical causation that integrates theories of instrumental behavior with discussions of foraging, planning, and tool using.

Evolutionary Neuropsychology

Author : Frederick L. Coolidge
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190940948
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Evolutionary Neuropsychology by : Frederick L. Coolidge

Download or read book Evolutionary Neuropsychology written by Frederick L. Coolidge and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is designed to introduce the evolutionary origins of the human brain's present structures and functions. Evolutionary neuropsychology is a new multidisciplinary science that embraces and uses empirical findings from the fields of evolution, neuroscience, cognitive sciences, psychology, anthropology, and archaeology. This book is designed for the intellectually curious, but styled especially for academics at any level and psychologists focusing on various aspects of human behavior. The bedrock foundation of evolutionary neuropsychology is the assumption that functionally-specialized brain regions are adaptations naturally selected in response to various environmental challenges over the course of billions of years of evolution. These adaptations and their brain regions and circuitry may now serve new functions, which are called exaptations, and they are particularly involved in higher cognitive functions"--

The Origin of Mind

Author : David C. Geary
Publisher : Amer Psychological Assn
ISBN 13 : 9781591471813
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (718 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Origin of Mind by : David C. Geary

Download or read book The Origin of Mind written by David C. Geary and published by Amer Psychological Assn. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Geary also explores a number of issues that are of interest in modern society, including how general intelligence relates to academic achievement, occupational status, and income."--BOOK JACKET.

Evolutionary Psychology: Neuroscience Perspectives concerning Human Behavior and Experience

Author : William J. Ray
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1412995892
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Evolutionary Psychology: Neuroscience Perspectives concerning Human Behavior and Experience by : William J. Ray

Download or read book Evolutionary Psychology: Neuroscience Perspectives concerning Human Behavior and Experience written by William J. Ray and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2013 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together current perspectives concerning the manner in which human mind, behavior and experience evolved. In addition to the traditional psychological literature, it draws from work in the cognitive and affective neurosciences, ethology, and genetics. The focus will be on a unification and integration of evolutionary understandings within a broader consideration.

Brain Evolution and Cognition

Author : Gerhard Roth
Publisher : Wiley-Spektrum
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Brain Evolution and Cognition by : Gerhard Roth

Download or read book Brain Evolution and Cognition written by Gerhard Roth and published by Wiley-Spektrum. This book was released on 2001 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Evolutionary Psychology

Author : David Buss
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1317345746
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Evolutionary Psychology by : David Buss

Download or read book Evolutionary Psychology written by David Buss and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2015-10-02 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines human psychology and behavior through the lens of modern evolutionary psychology. Evolutionary Psychology: The Ne w Science of the Mind, 5/e provides students with the conceptual tools of evolutionary psychology, and applies them to empirical research on the human mind. Content topics are logically arrayed, starting with challenges of survival, mating, parenting, and kinship; and then progressing to challenges of group living, including cooperation, aggression, sexual conflict, and status, prestige, and social hierarchies. Students gain a deep understanding of applying evolutionary psychology to their own lives and all the people they interact with.

Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology

Author : Robert C. Richardson
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262261111
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (622 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology by : Robert C. Richardson

Download or read book Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology written by Robert C. Richardson and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2010-01-22 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A philosopher subjects the claims of evolutionary psychology to the evidential and methodological requirements of evolutionary biology, concluding that evolutionary psychology's explanations amount to speculation disguised as results. Human beings, like other organisms, are the products of evolution. Like other organisms, we exhibit traits that are the product of natural selection. Our psychological capacities are evolved traits as much as are our gait and posture. This much few would dispute. Evolutionary psychology goes further than this, claiming that our psychological traits—including a wide variety of traits, from mate preference and jealousy to language and reason—can be understood as specific adaptations to ancestral Pleistocene conditions. In Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology, Robert Richardson takes a critical look at evolutionary psychology by subjecting its ambitious and controversial claims to the same sorts of methodological and evidential constraints that are broadly accepted within evolutionary biology. The claims of evolutionary psychology may pass muster as psychology; but what are their evolutionary credentials? Richardson considers three ways adaptive hypotheses can be evaluated, using examples from the biological literature to illustrate what sorts of evidence and methodology would be necessary to establish specific evolutionary and adaptive explanations of human psychological traits. He shows that existing explanations within evolutionary psychology fall woefully short of accepted biological standards. The theories offered by evolutionary psychologists may identify traits that are, or were, beneficial to humans. But gauged by biological standards, there is inadequate evidence: evolutionary psychologists are largely silent on the evolutionary evidence relevant to assessing their claims, including such matters as variation in ancestral populations, heritability, and the advantage offered to our ancestors. As evolutionary claims they are unsubstantiated. Evolutionary psychology, Richardson concludes, may offer a program of research, but it lacks the kind of evidence that is generally expected within evolutionary biology. It is speculation rather than sound science—and we should treat its claims with skepticism.

The Wiley Handbook of Evolutionary Neuroscience

Author : Stephen V. Shepherd
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119994691
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (199 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Wiley Handbook of Evolutionary Neuroscience by : Stephen V. Shepherd

Download or read book The Wiley Handbook of Evolutionary Neuroscience written by Stephen V. Shepherd and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive and authoritative, The Wiley Handbook of Evolutionary Neuroscience unifies the diverse strands of an interdisciplinary field exploring the evolution of brains and cognition. A comprehensive reference that unifies the diverse interests and approaches associated with the neuroscientific study of brain evolution and the emergence of cognition Tackles some of the biggest questions in neuroscience including what brains are for, what factors constrain their biological development, and how they evolve and interact Provides a broad and balanced view of the subject, reviewing both vertebrate and invertebrate anatomy and emphasizing their shared origins and mechanisms Features contributions from highly respected scholars in their fields

Evolutionary Psychology Meets Social Neuroscience

Author : Rosalba Morese
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 183968870X
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (396 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Evolutionary Psychology Meets Social Neuroscience by : Rosalba Morese

Download or read book Evolutionary Psychology Meets Social Neuroscience written by Rosalba Morese and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-01-07 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to open a debate full of theoretical and experimental contributions among the different disciplines in social research, psychology, neuroscience, and sociology and to give an innovative vision to the present research and future perspective on the topic. The fundamental research areas of evolutionary psychology can be divided into two broad categories: the basic cognitive processes, and the way they evolved within the species, and the adaptive social behaviors that derive from the theory of evolution: survival, parenting, family and kinship, interactions with nonparents, and cultural evolution. Evolutionary Psychology Meets Social Neuroscience explains at individual and group level the fundamental behaviors of social life, such as altruism, cooperation, competition, social exclusion, and social support.

Efficient Cognition

Author : Armin W. Schulz
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262546736
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Efficient Cognition by : Armin W. Schulz

Download or read book Efficient Cognition written by Armin W. Schulz and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An argument that representational decision making is more cognitively efficient, allowing an organism to adjust more easily to changes in the environment. Many organisms (including humans) make decisions by relying on mental representations. Not simply a reaction triggered by perception, representational decision making employs high-level, non-perceptual mental states with content to manage interactions with the environment. A person making a decision based on mental representations, for example, takes a step back from her perceptions at the time to assess the nature of the world she lives in. But why would organisms rely on representational decision making, and what evolutionary benefits does this reliance provide to the decision maker? In Efficient Cognition, Armin Schulz argues that representational decision making can be more cognitively efficient than non-representational decision making. Specifically, he shows that a key driver in the evolution of representational decision making is that mental representations can enable an organism to save cognitive resources and adjust more efficiently to changed environments. After laying out the foundations of his argument—clarifying the central questions, the characterization of representational decision making, and the relevance of an evidential form of evolutionary psychology—Schulz presents his account of the evolution of representational decision making and critically considers some of the existing accounts of the subject. He then applies his account to three open questions concerning the nature of representational decision making: the extendedness of decision making, and when we should expect cognition to extend into the environment; the specialization of decision making and the use of simple heuristics; and the psychological sources of altruistic behaviors.

Evolutionary Psychology

Author : Matthew Rossano
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Evolutionary Psychology by : Matthew Rossano

Download or read book Evolutionary Psychology written by Matthew Rossano and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a lively and engaging manner, this new work places evolutionary psychology within the broad sweep of our primate heritage and the full scope of our evolutionary story. Beginning with the basics of evolution, the book first unpacks the far-ranging saga of human evolution, then moves on to examine motor behavior and emotions, sexual behavior and mate selection, and higher cognition.