In the mind's eye : multidisciplinary approaches to the evolution of human cognition / edited by April Nowell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nowell, April, 1969- editor.

Series:

Archaeological series (Ann Arbor, Mich.) ; 13.

Archaeological series ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognition.

Genetic psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 200 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : International Monographs in Prehistory, 2001.

Summary:

The last decade has witnessed a sophistication and proliferation in the number of studies focused on the evolution of human cognition, reflecting a renewed interest in the evolution of the human mind in anthropology and in many other disciplines. The complexity and enormity of this topic requires the coordinated efforts of many researchers. This volume brings together the disciplines of palaeontology, psychology, anatomy, and primatology. Together, they address a number of issues, including the evolution of sex differences in spatial cognition, the role of archaeology in the cognitive sciences, the relationships between brain size, cranial reorganization and hominid cognition, and the role of language and information processing in human evolution.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Forward: The Archaeology of Intelligence

Introduction

Part I. Archaeology and Cognitive Science

1. The Role of Archaeology in Cognitive Science

2. The Re-Emergence of Cognitive Archaeology

Part II: On the Ground: Interpreting Material and Non-Material Artifacts

3. Memories Out of Mind: The Archaeology of the Oldest Artificial Memory Systems

4. A Pragmatic View of the Emergence of Paleolithic Symbol-Using

5. Nonmaterial Artifacts: Retelling the Natural History of Artifacts and Mind

Part III: Paleoneurology

6. Archaeological Implications of Paleoneurology

7. Intellectual Surplusage: The Role of Bipedalism and Neonatal Head Trauma

8. Before or After the Split? Hominid Neural Specializations

Part IV: Information Processing in Human Evolution

9. Multilevel Information Processing, Archaeology, and Evolution

10. Behavioral Response to Variable Pleistocene Landscapes

11. The Fossil Evidence for the Evolution of Human Intelligences in Pleistocene Homo

Part V: A Final Word: The Origins of Language

12. On the Neural Bases of Spoken Language

13. Discovering the Symbolic Potential of Communicative Signs: The Origins of Speaking a Language

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781789201697

1789201691

OCLC:

1078566386