In the light of evolution. Volume 7 : the human mental machinery / Camilo J. Cela-Conde [and three others], editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cela-Conde, Camilo J., editor.

Series:

In the Light of Evolution

In the Light of Evolution ; v.7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain--Evolution--Congresses.

Brain.

Nervous system--Evolution--Congresses.

Nervous system.

Animal behavior--Evolution--Congresses.

Animal behavior.

Evolution (Biology)--Congresses.

Evolution (Biology).

Human evolution--Congresses.

Human evolution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (395 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Humans possess certain unique mental traits. Self-reflection, as well as ethic and aesthetic values, is among them, constituting an essential part of what we call the human condition. The human mental machinery led our species to have a self-awareness but, at the same time, a sense of justice, willing to punish unfair actions even if the consequences of such outrages harm our own interests. Also, we appreciate searching for novelties, listening to music, viewing beautiful pictures, or living in well-designed houses. But why is this so? What is the meaning of our tendency, among other particularities, to defend and share values, to evaluate the rectitude of our actions and the beauty of our surroundings? What brain mechanisms correlate with the human capacity to maintain inner speech, or to carry out judgments of value? To what extent are they different from other primates' equivalent behaviors? In the Light of Evolution Volume VII aims to survey what has been learned about the human "mental machinery." This book is a collection of colloquium papers from the Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium "The Human Mental Machinery," which was sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences on January 11-12, 2013. The colloquium brought together leading scientists who have worked on brain and mental traits. Their 16 contributions focus the objective of better understanding human brain processes, their evolution, and their eventual shared mechanisms with other animals. The articles are grouped into three primary sections: current study of the mind-brain relationships; the primate evolutionary continuity; and the human difference: from ethics to aesthetics. This book offers fresh perspectives coming from interdisciplinary approaches that open new research fields and constitute the state of the art in some important aspects of the mind-brain relationships.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Arthur M. Sackler, M.D. 1913-1987""; ""Contents""; ""Preface to the *In the Light of Evolution* Series""; ""Preface to *In the Light of Evolution, Volume VII: The Human Mental Machinery*""; ""Part I: CURRENT STUDY OF THE MIND BRAIN RELATIONSHIPS""; ""1 Theory of Mind and Darwin's Legacy

John Searle""; ""2 Affiliation, Empathy, and the Origins of Theory of Mind

Robert M. Seyfarth and Dorothy L. Cheney""; ""3 Evolution of Consciousness: Phylogeny, Ontogeny, and Emergence from General Anesthesia

George A. Mashour and Michael T. Alkire""

""Part II: THE PRIMATE EVOLUTIONARY CONTINUITY""""4 Similarity in Form and Function of the Hippocampus in Rodents, Monkeys, and Humans

Robert E. Clark and Larry R. Squire""; ""5 Evolution of Working Memory

Peter Carruthers""; ""6 The Evolution of Episodic Memory

Timothy A. Allen and Norbert J. Fortin""; ""7 Neuroethology of Primate Social Behavior

Steve W. C. Chang, Lauren J. N. Brent, Geoffrey K. Adams, Jeffrey T. Klein, John M. Pearson, Karli K. Watson, and Michael L. Platt""

""8 Synaptogenesis and Development of Pyramidal Neuron Dendritic Morphology in the Chimpanzee Neocortex Resembles Humans

Serena Bianchi, Cheryl D. Stimpson, Tetyana Duka, Michael D. Larsen, William G. M. Janssen, Zachary Collins, Amy L. Bauernfeind, Steven J. Schapiro, Wallace B. Baze, Mark J. McArthur, William D. Hopkins, Derek E. Wildman, Leonard Lipovich, Christopher W. Kuzawa, Bob Jacobs, Patrick R. Hof, and Chet C. Sherwood""""Part III: THE HUMAN DIFFERENCE: FROM ETHICS TO AESTHETICS""; ""9 Making Lasting Memories: Remembering the Significant

James L. McGaugh""

""10 Concepts and Implications of Altruism Bias and Pathological Altruism

Barbara A. Oakley""""11 Justice- and Fairness-Related Behaviors in Nonhuman Primates

Sarah F. Brosnan""; ""12 Powering Up with Indirect Reciprocity in a Large-Scale Field Experiment

Erez Yoeli, Moshe Hoffman, David G. Rand, and Martin A. Nowak""; ""13 From Perception to Pleasure: Music and Its Neural Substrates

Robert J. Zatorre and Valorie N. Salimpoor""; ""14 Learning Where to Look for a Hidden Target

Leanne Chukoskie, Joseph Snider, Michael C. Mozer, Richard J. Krauzlis, and Terrence J. Sejnowski""

""15 Impact of Contour on Aesthetic Judgments and Approach-Avoidance Decisions in Architecture-Oshin Vartanian, Gorka Navarrete, Anjan Chatterjee, Lars Brorson Fich, Helmut Leder, Cristián Modroo, Marcos Nadal, Nicolai Rostrup, and Martin Skov""""16 Dynamics of Brain Networks in the Aesthetic Appreciation

Camilo J. Cela-Conde, Juan Garcia-Prieto, Jose J. Ramasco, Claudio R. Mirasso, Ricardo Bajo, Enric Munar, Albert Flexas, Francisco del-Pozo, and Fernando Maest;""; ""References""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 13, 2014).

ISBN:

9780309296434

0309296439

9780309296410

0309296412

OCLC:

923290882