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The Unpredictable Species argues that the human brain evolved in a way that enhances our cognitive flexibility and capacity for innovation and imitation. In doing so, the book challenges the central claim of evolutionary psychology that we are locked into predictable patterns of behavior that were f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lieberman, Philip
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Brain > Evolution.
Human evolution.
Evolutionary psychology.
Evolution (Biology)
Brain.
Biological Evolution
Brain
Genetic Phenomena
Êtres humains > Évolution.
Psychologie évolutionniste.
Évolution (Biologie)
Cerveau.
evolution.
brains.
MEDICAL > Neuroscience.
PSYCHOLOGY > Neuropsychology.
SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.
Brain > Evolution
Evolutionary psychology
Human evolution
Hominisation
Evolution
Gehirn
Evolutionspsychologie
Anthropology.
Cognition & cognitive psychology.
Evolution.
Genetics (non-medical)
Neurology & clinical neurophysiology.
Neurosciences.
Society.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The Unpredictable Species argues that the human brain evolved in a way that enhances our cognitive flexibility and capacity for innovation and imitation. In doing so, the book challenges the central claim of evolutionary psychology that we are locked into predictable patterns of behavior that were fixed by genes, and refutes the claim that language is innate. Philip Lieberman builds his case with evidence from neuroscience, genetics, and physical anthropology, showing how our basal ganglia--structures deep within the brain whose origins predate the dinosaurs--came to play a key role.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 255 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1400846706
9781400846702

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