The brain : big bangs, behaviors, and beliefs /

After several million years of jostling for ecological space, only one survivor from a host of hominid species remains standing: us. Human beings are extraordinary creatures, and it is the unprecedented human brain that makes them so. In this book the authors present a step-by-step account of the ev...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: DeSalle, Rob (Author)
Other Authors: Tattersall, Ian
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Cognition.
Neurophysiology.
Brain > Evolution.
Neurophysiologie.
cognition.
MEDICAL > Neuroscience.
PSYCHOLOGY > Neuropsychology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Developmental Biology.
Brain > Evolution
Cognition
Neurophysiology
Neurology & brain diseases
Cognitive psychology & cognition
Evolution
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The nature of science : our brains at work
  • The nitty-gritty of the nervous system
  • Hanging our brains on the tree of life
  • Making sense of senses
  • Processing information
  • Emotions and memory
  • Brain EvoDevo
  • Words and music by ...
  • Decisions, behaviors, and beliefs
  • The human brain and cognitive evolution.

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