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Cognitive biology : evolutionary and developmental perspectives on mind, brain, and behavior / edited by Luca Tommasi, Mary A. Peterson, and Lynn Nadel.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Vienna series in theoretical biology.
- Vienna series in theoretical biology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brain--Evolution.
- Brain.
- Cognitive science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA ; London : MIT Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text is an overview of current research at the intersection of psychology and biology which integrates evolutionary and developmental data and explanations.
- Contents:
- Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; I INTRODUCTION; 1 Cognitive Biology: The New Cognitive Sciences; II SPACE; 2 The Role of Social Selection in the Evolution of Hippocampal Specialization; 3 Spatial Cognition, Memory Capacity, and the Evolution of Mammalian Hippocampal Networks; 4 Space for the Brain in Cognitive Science; 5 Animals as Natural Geometers; 6 Is Cognitive Modularity Necessary in an Evolutionary Account of Development?; III QUALITIES AND OBJECTS; 7 Color Generalization by Birds; 8 Evolutionary Biology of Limited Attention; 9 Learning to See and Conceive
- IV NUMBERS AND PROBABILITY10 A Comparative Perspective on the Origin of Numerical Thinking; 11 Numerical and Spatial Intuitions: A Role for Posterior Parietal Cortex?; 12 Learning in Core and Noncore Domains; 13 Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economic Behavior: The Emerging Field of Neuroeconomics; V SOCIAL ENTITIES; 14 Neuroethology of Attention in Primates; 15 The Human Social Brain: An "Evo-Devo" Perspective; 16 Ontogenetic Development Matters; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612240522
- 9781282240520
- 1282240528
- 9780262255264
- 026225526X
- OCLC:
- 428739216
- Publisher Number:
- 9786612240522
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