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Evolutionary cognitive neuroscience /

An essential reference for the new discipline of evolutionary cognitive neuroscience that defines the field's approach of applying evolutionary theory to guide brain-behavior investigations.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Platek, Steven M., Keenan, Julian Paul, Shackelford, Todd K. (Todd Kennedy), 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
©2007
Colección:Cognitive neuroscience.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to evolutionary theory and its modern application to human behavior and cognition / Aaron T. Goetz and Todd K. Shackelford
  • Brain and cognition in evolutionary perspective / Robin I.M. Dunbar
  • Introduction to evolutionary cognitive neuroscience methods / Shilpa Patel [and others]
  • The evolution of ontogeny and human cognitive uniqueness: selection for extended brain development in the hominid line / Valerie E. Stone
  • Hemispheric specialization in chimpanzees: evolution of hand and brain / William D. Hopkins
  • The evolution of brain size and intelligence / J. Philippe Rushton and C. Davison Ankney
  • The evolution of the brain and cognition in cetaceans / Lori Marino
  • The social control of reproduction: physiological, cellular, and molecular consequences of social status / Russell D. Fernald
  • Neural correlates of facial resemblance / Steven M. Platek and Jamie W. Thomson
  • Lust, romance, attachment: do the side effects of serotonin-enhancing antidepressants jeopardize romantic love, marriage, and fertility? / Helen E. Fisher and J. Anderson Thomson, Jr.
  • Self-perceived survival and reproductive fitness theory: substance use disorders, evolutionary game theory, and the brain / David B. Newlin
  • Sex differences in spatial ability: evolution, horomones, and the brain / David Andrew Puts, Steven J.C. Gaulin, and S. Marc Breedlove
  • The evolution of sex differences in spatial cognition / Ruben C. Gur [and others]
  • The evolution of language: from hand to mouth / Michael C. Corballis
  • The evolution of human mindreading: how nonhuman primates can inform social cognitive neuroscience / Laurie R. Santos, Jonathan I. Flombaum, and Webb Phillips
  • Social cognition and the evolution of self-awarness / Farah Focquaert and Steven M. Platek
  • The assortative mating theory of autism / Simon Baron-Cohen
  • Deception, evolution, and the brain / Sean T. Stevens [and others]
  • On the evolution of human motivation: the role of social prosthetic systems / Stephen M. Kosslyn
  • Philosophical, ethical, and social considerations of evolutionary cognitive neuroscience / Michael B. Kimberly and Paul Root Wolpe
  • Evolutionary cognitive neuroscience / Julian Paul Keenan [and others].