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

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA ; ; London, : MIT Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 153
• Soggetto topico: Brain - Evolution; Cognitive science
• Altri autori: TommasiLuca <1970-> PetersonMary A. <1950-> NadelLynn
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cognitive biology
• ISBN: 9786612240522; 1-282-24052-8; 0-262-25526-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819641303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Vienna series in theoretical biology.