Cognitive biology [ evolutionary and developmental perspectives on mind, brain, and behavior

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nadel, Lynn (Author), Peterson, Mary A. , 1950- (Author), Tommasi, Luca , 1970- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass : MIT Press , c2009
Series:Vienna series in theoretical biology
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Online Access:NetLibrary
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Cognitive biology : the new cognitive sciences
  • 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?
  • 7. Color generalization by birds
  • 8. Evolutionary biology of limited attention
  • 8. Learning to see and conceive
  • 9. A comparative perspective on the origin of numerical thinking
  • 9. Numerical and spatial intuitions : a role for posterior parietal cortex?
  • 10. Learning in core and noncore domains
  • 11. Neuroscience, psychology, and economic behavior : the emerging field of neuroeconomics
  • 12. Neuroethology of attention in primates
  • 13. The human social brain : an "evo-devo" perspective
  • 14. Ontogenetic development matters