Evolutionary cognitive neuroscience / edited by Steven M. Platek, Julian Paul Keenan, and Todd K. Shackleford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Keenan, Julian Paul, editor.

Platek, Steven M., editor.

Shackelford, Todd K. (Todd Kennedy), 1971- editor.

Series:

Cognitive neuroscience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain--Evolution.

Brain.

Cognitive neuroscience.

Evolutionary psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 616 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

MIT Press CogNet.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2007]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

2 Brain and Cognition in Evolutionary Perspective / Robin I. M. Dunbar 21

II Neuroanatomy: Ontogeny and Phylogeny 63

4 The Evolution of Ontogeny and Human Cognitive Uniqueness: Selection for Extended Brain Development in the Hominid Line / Valerie E. Stone 65

5 Hemispheric Specialization in Chimpanzees: Evolution of Hand and Brain / William D. Hopkins 95

6 The Evolution of Brain Size and Intelligence / J. Philippe Rushton, C. Davison Ankney 121

7 The Evolution of the Brain and Cognition in Cetaceans / Lori Marino 163

III Reproduction and Kin Selection 195

8 The Social Control of Reproduction: Physiological, Cellular, and Molecular Consequences of Social Status / Russell D. Fernald 197

9 Neural Correlates of Facial Resemblance / Steven M. Platek, Jaime W. Thomson 221

10 Lust, Romance, Attachment: Do the Side Effects of Serotonin-Enhancing Antidepressants Jeopardize Romantic Love, Marriage, and Fertility? / Helen E. Fisher, J. Anderson Thomson, Jr. 245

11 Self-Perceived Survival and Reproductive Fitness Theory: Substance Use Disorders, Evolutionary Game Theory, and the Brain / David B. Newlin 285

IV Spatial Cognition and Language 327

12 Sex Differences in Spatial Ability: Evolution, Hormones, and the Brain / David Andrew Puts, Steven J. C. Gaulin, S. Marc Breedlove 329

13 The Evolution of Sex Differences in Spatial Cognition / Ruben C. Gur, Sarah L. Levin, Farzin Irani, Ivan S. Panyavin, Jaime W. Thomson, Steven M. Platek 381

14 The Evolution of Language: From Hand to Mouth / Michael C. Corballis 403

V Self-Awareness and Social Cognition 431

15 The Evolution of Human Mindreading: How Nonhuman Primates Can Inform Social Cognitive Neuroscience / Laurie R. Santos, Jonathan I. Flombaum, Webb Phillips 433

16 Social Cognition and the Evolution of Self-Awareness / Farah Focquaert, Steven M. Platek 457

17 The Assortative Mating Theory of Autism / Simon Baron-Cohen 499

18 Deception, Evolution, and the Brain / Sean T. Stevens, Kevin Guise, William Christiana, Monisha Kumar, Julian Paul Keenan 517

19 On the Evolution of Human Motivation: The Role of Social Prosthetic Systems / Stephen M. Kosslyn 541

VI Theoretical, Ethical, and Future Implications for Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience 555

20 Philosophical, Ethical, and Social Considerations of Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience / Michael B. Kimberly, Paul Root Wolpe 559

21 Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience / Julian Paul Keenan, Austen L. Krill, Steven M. Platek, Todd K. Shackelford 579.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Evolutionary cognitive neuroscience.

ISBN:

9780262281669

026228166X

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