Beyond the Brain : How Body and Environment Shape Animal and Human Minds /

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"When a chimpanzee stockpiles rocks as weapons or when a frog sends out mating calls, we might easily assume these animals know their own motivations--that they use the same psychological mechanisms that we do. But as Beyond the Brain indicates, this is a dangerous assumption because animals ha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barrett, Louise (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2011]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Kognition.
Hjärna > fysiologi.
Hjärna > evolution.
Evolution (biologi)
Psychologie.
Evolution.
Gehirn.
Tiere
Psychologie
Kognition
Evolution
Gehirn
Evolution (Biology)
Ecology.
Brain > Evolution.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
MEDICAL > Neuroscience.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology.
evolution.
Évolution (Biologie)
Environment
Biological Evolution
Brain > physiology
Cognition > physiology
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Removing ourselves from the picture
  • The anthropomorphic animal
  • Small brains, smart behavior
  • The implausible nature of Portia
  • When do you need a big brain?
  • The ecology of psychology
  • Metaphorical mind fields
  • There is no such thing as a naked brain
  • World in action
  • Babies and bodies
  • Wider than the sky.

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