00912nam0-22002651i-450-99000206545040332120150702151039.0000206545FED01000206545(Aleph)000206545FED0100020654520030910d1908----km-y0itay50------baengUseful birds and their protectioncontaining brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birdsEdward Howe ForbushBostonThe Massachussets State Board of Agriculture1908437 p.25 cmUccelli598Forbush,Edward Howe85845ITUNINARICAUNIMARCBK99000206545040332161 XIV A.6/112202DAGENDAGENUNINA03631nam 22006015 450 991101165330332120250619125359.03-031-91213-610.1007/978-3-031-91213-9(MiAaPQ)EBC32162738(Au-PeEL)EBL32162738(CKB)39395906200041(DE-He213)978-3-031-91213-9(OCoLC)1525618814(EXLCZ)993939590620004120250619d2025 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Origins of Representations: Cognitive and Brain Development /by Athanassios Raftopoulos1st ed. 2025.Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :Imprint: Springer,2025.1 online resource (319 pages)Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics,2192-6263 ;733-031-91212-8 Introduction -- Signs and Representations -- Symbolic Representations -- Analog or Iconic Representations -- From Non-representational Indices to Representational Icons; What is Cognitively required for Representations and Icons? -- The Road to Symbols; Why Symbols? -- Cognitive Capacities and Symbol Usage.This book provides an account of the origins and development of iconic and symbolic representations in our evolutionary lineage, the hominis, and of the cognitive capacities and brain structures that support such a development. At first, it introduces the three basic types of signs, such as indices, icons, and symbols, used by most animals, including apes and hominins, for communicating and interacting with the environment, and discusses the differences among them. In turn, it explains the evolution from non-representational indices to iconic, first, and then symbolic representations in terms of the evolution of the cognitive capacities in our lineage. The main emphasis is on the cognitive capabilities that support the use of these types of signs, such as attention, executive functions, and working memory, among others. The discussion centers on determining these capacities, and how and why these capacities evolved in the phylogenesis of hominids. Further, evidence from psychology and neuroscience are used to shed light on the development of these capacities in hominins, together with knowledges about the basic brain structures supporting these capacities, such as the prefrontal cortex, and their development at the ontogenetic and phylogenetic scales. All in all, this book offers a theory of the development of our representational arsenal from its beginnings characterized by simple signs to its modern form made of highly abstract symbols.Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics,2192-6263 ;73CognitionPhilosophy of mindHuman evolutionAnthropologyCognitionPhilosophy of MindEvolutionary AnthropologyCognition.Philosophy of mind.Human evolution.Anthropology.Cognition.Philosophy of Mind.Evolutionary Anthropology.153Raftopoulos Athanassios904199MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911011653303321The Origins of Representations: Cognitive and Brain Development4403388UNINA