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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455019203321

Titolo

Cognitive biology [[electronic resource] ] : evolutionary and developmental perspectives on mind, brain, and behavior / / edited by Luca Tommasi, Mary A. Peterson, and Lynn Nadel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA ; ; London, : MIT Press, c2009

ISBN

9786612240522

1-282-24052-8

0-262-25526-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Collana

Vienna series in theoretical biology

Altri autori (Persone)

TommasiLuca <1970->

PetersonMary A. <1950->

NadelLynn

Disciplina

153

Soggetti

Brain - Evolution

Cognitive science

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

This text is an overview of current research at the intersection of psychology and biology which integrates evolutionary and developmental data and explanations.

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Record Nr.

UNIORUON00038699

Autore

LIEBRECHT, Ulrich

Titolo

Chinese mathematics in the Thirteenth Century : The Shu-shu chiu-chang of Ch'in Chiu-Shao / Ulrich Liebrecht

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge ( (Mass.), : MIT Press, 1973

Descrizione fisica

XIX, 555 p., tav. : ill. ; 23 cm

Classificazione

CIN XVIII

Soggetti

MATEMATICA - CINA - SEC. XIII

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia