Evolutionary cognitive neuroscience

Evolutionary cognitive neuroscience / edited by Steven M. Platek, Julian Paul Keenan, and Todd K. Shackleford.

An essential reference for the new discipline of evolutionary cognitive neuroscience that defines the field's approach of applying evolutionary theory to guide brain-behavior investigations.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Platek, Steven M., Keenan, Julian Paul, Shackelford, Todd K. (Todd Kennedy), 1971-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
©2007
Series:Cognitive neuroscience.
Subjects:
Cognitive neuroscience.
Brain > Evolution.
Evolutionary psychology.
Brain.
Neurosciences.
brains.
SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.
Neurosciences
Brain
Brain > Evolution
Cognitive neuroscience
Evolutionary psychology
Evolutionspsychologie
Kognitionswissenschaft
Neuropsychologie
Gehirn
Neurowetenschappen.
Cognitiewetenschap.
77.50 psychophysiology.
Aufsatzsammlung.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to evolutionary theory and its modern application to human behavior and cognition / Aaron T. Goetz and Todd K. Shackelford
  • Brain and cognition in evolutionary perspective / Robin I.M. Dunbar
  • Introduction to evolutionary cognitive neuroscience methods / Shilpa Patel [and others]
  • The evolution of ontogeny and human cognitive uniqueness: selection for extended brain development in the hominid line / Valerie E. Stone
  • Hemispheric specialization in chimpanzees: evolution of hand and brain / William D. Hopkins
  • The evolution of brain size and intelligence / J. Philippe Rushton and C. Davison Ankney
  • The evolution of the brain and cognition in cetaceans / Lori Marino
  • The social control of reproduction: physiological, cellular, and molecular consequences of social status / Russell D. Fernald
  • Neural correlates of facial resemblance / Steven M. Platek and Jamie W. Thomson
  • Lust, romance, attachment: do the side effects of serotonin-enhancing antidepressants jeopardize romantic love, marriage, and fertility? / Helen E. Fisher and J. Anderson Thomson, Jr.
  • Self-perceived survival and reproductive fitness theory: substance use disorders, evolutionary game theory, and the brain / David B. Newlin
  • Sex differences in spatial ability: evolution, horomones, and the brain / David Andrew Puts, Steven J.C. Gaulin, and S. Marc Breedlove
  • The evolution of sex differences in spatial cognition / Ruben C. Gur [and others]
  • The evolution of language: from hand to mouth / Michael C. Corballis
  • The evolution of human mindreading: how nonhuman primates can inform social cognitive neuroscience / Laurie R. Santos, Jonathan I. Flombaum, and Webb Phillips
  • Social cognition and the evolution of self-awarness / Farah Focquaert and Steven M. Platek
  • The assortative mating theory of autism / Simon Baron-Cohen
  • Deception, evolution, and the brain / Sean T. Stevens [and others]
  • On the evolution of human motivation: the role of social prosthetic systems / Stephen M. Kosslyn
  • Philosophical, ethical, and social considerations of evolutionary cognitive neuroscience / Michael B. Kimberly and Paul Root Wolpe
  • Evolutionary cognitive neuroscience / Julian Paul Keenan [and others].

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