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Cognitive Biology : Evolutionary and Developmental Perspectives on Mind, Brain, and Behavior.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (353 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262255264
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cognitive BiologyDDC classification:
  • 153
LOC classification:
  • QL933
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- 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 PROBABILITY -- 10 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.
Summary: An overview of current research at the intersection of psychology and biology, integrating evolutionary and developmental data and explanations.
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Intro -- 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 PROBABILITY -- 10 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.

An overview of current research at the intersection of psychology and biology, integrating evolutionary and developmental data and explanations.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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