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Evolutionary Neuroscience

Author : Jon H Kaas
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0123751683
Total Pages : 1039 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (237 download)

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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 1039 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

Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience

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

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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

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)

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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.

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)

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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.

Strange Behavior

Author : Harold L. Klawans
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393321845
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Strange Behavior written by Harold L. Klawans and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A master neurologist's clinical tales--both funny and profound--of the evolution of the brain. No matter what the ailment--painful foot syndrome or mad cow disease--Dr. Klawans ultimately treated, or diagnosed, peoples brains. Here are his deductions from years of study.

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)

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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

The Seductions of Darwin

Author : Matthew Rampley
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271079002
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Seductions of Darwin written by Matthew Rampley and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The surge of evolutionary and neurological analyses of art and its effects raises questions of how art, culture, and the biological sciences influence one another, and what we gain in applying scientific methods to the interpretation of artwork. In this insightful book, Matthew Rampley addresses these questions by exploring key areas where Darwinism, neuroscience, and art history intersect. Taking a scientific approach to understanding art has led to novel and provocative ideas about its origins, the basis of aesthetic experience, and the nature of research into art and the humanities. Rampley’s inquiry examines models of artistic development, the theories and development of aesthetic response, and ideas about brain processes underlying creative work. He considers the validity of the arguments put forward by advocates of evolutionary and neuroscientific analysis, as well as its value as a way of understanding art and culture. With the goal of bridging the divide between science and culture, Rampley advocates for wider recognition of the human motivations that drive inquiry of all types, and he argues that our engagement with art can never be encapsulated in a single notion of scientific knowledge. Engaging and compelling, The Seductions of Darwin is a rewarding look at the identity and development of art history and its complicated ties to the world of scientific thought.

Relationship Science

Author : Omri Gillath
Publisher : American Psychological Association (APA)
ISBN 13 : 9781433811234
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Relationship Science written by Omri Gillath and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book integrates sociocultural, neuroscience, and evolutionary approaches to studying close relationships.

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)

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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.

Music, Neurology, and Neuroscience: Evolution, the Musical Brain, Medical Conditions, and Therapies

Author :
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0444635521
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book Music, Neurology, and Neuroscience: Evolution, the Musical Brain, Medical Conditions, and Therapies written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you ever ask whether music makes people smart, why a Parkinson patient's gait is improved with marching tunes, and whether Robert Schumann was suffering from schizophrenia or Alzheimer's disease? This broad but comprehensive book deals with history and new discoveries about music and the brain. It provides a multi-disciplinary overview on music processing, its effects on brain plasticity, and the healing power of music in neurological and psychiatric disorders. In this context, the disorders the plagued famous musicians and how they affected both performance and composition are critically discussed, and music as medicine, as well as music as a potential health hazard are examined. Among the other topics covered are: how music fit into early conceptions of localization of function in the brain, the cultural roots of music in evolution, and the important roles played by music in societies and educational systems. - Topic: Music is interesting to almost everybody - Orientation: This book looks at music and the brain both historically and in the light of the latest research findings - Comprehensiveness: This is the largest and most comprehensive volume on "music and neurology" ever written! - Quality of authors: This volume is written by a unique group of real world experts representing a variety of fields, ranging from history of science and medicine to neurology and musicology

Principles of Brain Evolution

Author : Georg F. Striedter
Publisher : Sinauer Associates Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780878938209
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (382 download)

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Book Synopsis Principles of Brain Evolution by : Georg F. Striedter

Download or read book Principles of Brain Evolution written by Georg F. Striedter and published by Sinauer Associates Incorporated. This book was released on 2005 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students, this textbook describes some of the basic principles affecting brain evolution. The author refers to data from a wide array of vertebrates while minimizing technical jargon. Particular attention has been paid to the ways in which changes in brain structure impact function and behavior. The volume concludes with a discussion on how mammal brains diverged from other brains and how Homo sapiens evolved a very large and special brain.

Arthropod Brains

Author : Nicholas James Strausfeld
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674046331
Total Pages : 849 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Arthropod Brains written by Nicholas James Strausfeld and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-02 with total page 849 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Descent of Man, Charles Darwin proposed that an ant’s brain, no larger than a pin’s head, must be sophisticated to accomplish all that it does. Yet today many people still find it surprising that insects and other arthropods show behaviors that are much more complex than innate reflexes. They are products of versatile brains which, in a sense, think. Fascinating in their own right, arthropods provide fundamental insights into how brains process and organize sensory information to produce learning, strategizing, cooperation, and sociality. Nicholas Strausfeld elucidates the evolution of this knowledge, beginning with nineteenth-century debates about how similar arthropod brains were to vertebrate brains. This exchange, he shows, had a profound and far-reaching impact on attitudes toward evolution and animal origins. Many renowned scientists, including Sigmund Freud, cut their professional teeth studying arthropod nervous systems. The greatest neuroanatomist of them all, Santiago Ramón y Cajal—founder of the neuron doctrine—was awed by similarities between insect and mammalian brains. Writing in a style that will appeal to a broad readership, Strausfeld weaves anatomical observations with evidence from molecular biology, neuroethology, cladistics, and the fossil record to explore the neurobiology of the largest phylum on earth—and one that is crucial to the well-being of our planet. Highly informative and richly illustrated, Arthropod Brains offers an original synthesis drawing on many fields, and a comprehensive reference that will serve biologists for years to come.

Behave

Author : Robert M. Sapolsky
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143110918
Total Pages : 801 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Behave written by Robert M. Sapolsky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestseller • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • One of the Washington Post's 10 Best Books of the Year “It’s no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I’ve ever read.” —David P. Barash, The Wall Street Journal "It has my vote for science book of the year.” —Parul Sehgal, The New York Times "Immensely readable, often hilarious...Hands-down one of the best books I’ve read in years. I loved it." —Dina Temple-Raston, The Washington Post From the bestselling author of A Primate's Memoir and the forthcoming Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will comes a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? Behave is one of the most dazzling tours d’horizon of the science of human behavior ever attempted. Moving across a range of disciplines, Sapolsky—a neuroscientist and primatologist—uncovers the hidden story of our actions. Undertaking some of our thorniest questions relating to tribalism and xenophobia, hierarchy and competition, and war and peace, Behave is a towering achievement—a majestic synthesis of cutting-edge research and a heroic exploration of why we ultimately do the things we do . . . for good and for ill.

Evolution of the Human Brain: From Matter to Mind

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Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0444643184
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book Evolution of the Human Brain: From Matter to Mind written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-11-06 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolution of the Human Brain: From Matter to Mind, Volume 250 in the Progress in Brain Research, series documents the latest developments and insights about the origin and evolution of the human brain and mind. Specific sections in this new release include Evolution and development of the human cerebral cortex, Functional connectivity of the human cerebral cortex, Lateralization of the human cerebral cortex, Life history strategies and the human cerebral cortex, Evolution of the modern human brain, On the nature and evolution of the human mind, Origin and evolution of human cognition, Origin and evolution of human consciousness, and more. - Presents insights on molecular and cellular mechanisms of human brain evolution - Provides a better understanding of the origin and evolution of the human mind - Includes information of the neural organization and functional connectivity of the cerebral cortex

Brains Through Time

Author : Georg F. Striedter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0195125681
Total Pages : 541 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Brains Through Time written by Georg F. Striedter and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book encourages readers to view similarities and differences in various species as fundamental to a comprehensive understanding of nervous systems.

The Evolution of Memory Systems

Author : Elisabeth A. Murray
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199686432
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Memory Systems written by Elisabeth A. Murray and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Evolution of Memory Systems sets out a bold and exciting new theory about memory. It proposes that several memory systems arose during evolution and that they did so for the same general reason: to transcend problems and exploit opportunities encountered by specific ancestors at particular times and places in the distant past.

Neurobiology of Social Communication in Primates

Author : Horst D. Steklis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Neurobiology of Social Communication in Primates written by Horst D. Steklis and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neurobiology of Social Communication In Primates ...