Adaptation and the brain

Adaptation and the brain / Susan D. Healy.

What role has natural selection played in shaping the structure and function of the vertebrate brain? This accessible book unravels the myriad adaptive explanations that have built up over decades, providing both a review and a critique of the work that has sought to explain which natural selection...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Healy, Sue (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford series in ecology and evolution.
Subjects:
Brain > Evolution.
Vertebrates > Evolution.
Adaptation (Biology)
Natural selection.
Brain > Evolution
Natural selection
Vertebrates > Evolution
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The measurable brain
  • 3 The intelligent brain
  • 4 The ecological brain
  • 5 The innovative brain
  • 6 The technical brain
  • 7 The sexual brain
  • 8 The social brain
  • 9 Concluding remarks.

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