What is special about the human brain?

What is special about the human brain? / Richard Passingham.

The mental gap between man and ape is immense. As the brain is the organ of the mind, we must assume that throughout evolution there were changes in the brain that created this gap. This book is a search for those changes. Written in a lively style, the book is a far-reaching and exciting quest for...

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Main Author: Passingham, R. E., 1943-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:Oxford psychology series ; no. 46.
Subjects:
Comparative neurobiology.
Neuropsychology.
Primates > Physiology.
Brain > Imaging.
Life sciences.
Central nervous system.
Diagnostic imaging.
Mammals.
Nervous system.
Vertebrates.
Physical sciences.
Diagnosis.
Anatomy.
Chordata.
Human information processing.
Brain.
Human behavior.
Primates.
Methodology.
Physiology.
biological sciences.
Mammalia (class)
Vertebrata (subphylum)
physical sciences.
diagnosis.
anatomy.
Chordata (phylum)
brains.
human behavior.
Primates (order)
methodology.
physiology.
Vertebrates
Primates
Physiology
Physical sciences
Nervous system
Methodology
Mammals
Life sciences
Human information processing
Human behavior
Diagnostic imaging
Diagnosis
Chordata
Central nervous system
Brain
Anatomy
Brain > Imaging
Comparative neurobiology
Neuropsychology
Primates > Physiology
Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Neuroscience.
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Table of Contents:
  • The mental gap
  • The anatomy of the brain
  • Perception
  • Manual skill
  • Speech and language
  • Cerebral dominance
  • Decision-making and planning
  • Reasoning
  • Social cognition.

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