Brain Evolution by Design From Neural Origin to Cognitive Architecture

Brain Evolution by Design From Neural Origin to Cognitive Architecture / edited by Shuichi Shigeno, Yasunori Murakami, Tadashi Nomura.

This book presents a new, detailed examination that explains how elegant brains have been shaped in evolution. It consists of 19 chapters written by academic professionals in neuroscience, opening with the origin of single-celled creatures and then introducing primordial types in invertebrates with...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Shigeno, Shuichi (Editor), Murakami, Yasunori (Editor), Nomura, Tadashi (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Diversity and Commonality in Animals,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Zoology.
Evolutionary biology.
Neurosciences.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part 1 The Origins of Neurons and Networks
  • 1 Physical ethology of unicellular organism
  • 2 Molecular characteristics of neuron-like functions in single-cell organisms
  • 3 Back through time: how cnidarians and basal metazoans shed light on ancient nervous systems
  • Part 2 The Rise of Diverse Brain Types
  • 4 Functional specification of a primitive bilaterian brain in planarian
  • 5 The computation and robustness of the mini-cognitive centers of terrestrial mollusks – an exquisite outcome of brain evolution
  • 6 Insect brains - minute structures controlling complex behaviors
  • 7 Identifying vertebrate brain prototypes in deuterostomes
  • 8 Genome and Transcriptome-wide Researches of Brain Evolution
  • Part 3 Cognitive Systems
  • 9 The origin of vertebrate brain centers
  • 10 Adaptive radiation and vertebrate brain diversity: cases of teleosts
  • 11 Molecular profiling reveals insight into avian brain organization and functional columnar commonalities with mammals
  • 12 The neocortex and dorsal ventricular ridge: functional convergence and underlying developmental mechanisms
  • 13 Molecular investigations of the structure and development of the brain of carnivores
  • 14 Evolution of the mammalian brain with a focus on whale olfactory bulbs
  • 15 The Evolution and Function of Sleep
  • 16 Prefrontal anatomical architecture and top-down behavioral control in human and non-human primates
  • Part 4 Models and Designs
  • 17 Organisational Principles of Connectomes: Changes during Evolution and Development
  • 18 Muscular-Hydrostat Computers: Physical Reservoir Computing for Octopus-Inspired Soft Robots
  • 19 Brain Evolution as an Information Flow Designer: the Ground Architecture for Biological and Artificial General Intelligence.

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