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UNINA9910819641303321 |
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Titolo |
Cognitive biology : evolutionary and developmental perspectives on mind, brain, and behavior / / edited by Luca Tommasi, Mary A. Peterson, and Lynn Nadel |
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Cambridge, MA ; ; London, : MIT Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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9786612240522 |
1-282-24052-8 |
0-262-25526-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (353 p.) |
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Collana |
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Vienna series in theoretical biology |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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TommasiLuca <1970-> |
PetersonMary A. <1950-> |
NadelLynn |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Brain - Evolution |
Cognitive science |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 PROBABILITY10 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 |
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