Principles of Brain Evolution
"Georg Striedter has produced a wonderful book that discusses current understanding of brain evolution. It nicely reflects recent advances." --- Jon H. Kaas (2005) Nature Neuroscience, 8: 539"Striedter meticulously clarifies the problems we face identifying similarities across species while giving full weight to the complexities" --Barbara Clancy (2006) Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 29:14"Striedter succeeds repeatedly by explicating the main principles of brain evolution without encyclopedic or dry detail." --- David C. Airey and Christince E. Collins (2005) Genes, Brain and Behavior, 4: 272"Striedter’s (2005) book does an excellent job of demonstrating that evolutionary approaches are not optional extras" --- Robert Barton (2006) Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 29:13"Striedter’s (2005) book represents an important synthesis of ideas and approaches to brain evolution across different levels" --- A. Raffone & G. Brase (2006) Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 29:22Georg Striedter has produced a wonderful book that discusses current understandings of brain evolution. . . . Overall, this is a volume that most neuroscientists will enjoy reading, and some of them, myself included, will find it useful as a textbook for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. --Jon H. Kaas, Nature NeuroscienceIn Principles of Brain Evolution, Striedter accomplishes several important goals: he conveys the many aspects of brain structure and function that are conserved across species; he illustrates in a clear manner why species differences are real and should not be dismissed; he explores the complex issue as to how conservation and divergence noted at various levels of neural organization relate to one another; and finally, he hypothesizes as to how the rules of brain development have consequences for how the brains evolve. Astonishingly, Striedter accomplishes these goals in some 360 pages of text! ... I highly recommend this book. --C. A. Morgan, III, M.D., M.A., Yale Journal of Biology and MedicineGeorg Striedter has produced a wonderful book that discusses current understandings of brain evolution. . . . Overall, this is a volume that most neuroscientists will enjoy reading, and some of them, myself included, will find it useful as a textbook for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. --Jon H. Kaas, Nature NeuroscienceIn Principles of Brain Evolution, Striedter accomplishes several important goals: he conveys the many aspects of brain structure and function that are conserved across species; he illustrates in a clear manner why species differences are real and should not be dismissed; he explores the complex issue as to how conservation and divergence noted at various levels of neural organization relate to one another; and finally, he hypothesizes as to how the rules of brain development have consequences for how the brains evolve. Astonishingly, Striedter accomplishes these goals in some 360 pages of text! ... I highly recommend this book. --C. A. Morgan, III, M.D., M.A., Yale Journal of Biology and MedicineGeorg Striedter has produced a wonderful book that discusses current understandings of brain evolution. . . . Overall, this is a volume that most neuroscientists will enjoy reading, and some of them, myself included, will find it useful as a textbook for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. --Jon H. Kaas, Nature NeuroscienceIn Principles of Brain Evolution, Striedter accomplishes several important goals: he conveys the many aspects of brain structure and function that are conserved across species; he illustrates in a clear manner why species differences are real and should not be dismissed --C. A. Morgan, III, M.D., M.A., Yale Journal of Biology and MedicineGeorg Striedter has produced a wonderful book that discusses current understandings of brain evolution. . . . Overall, this is a volume that most neuroscientists will enjoy reading, and some of them, myself included, will find it useful as a textbook for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. --Jon H. Kaas, Nature NeuroscienceIn Principles of Brain Evolution, Striedter accomplishes several important goals: he conveys the many aspects of brain structure and function that are conserved across species; he illustrates in a clear manner why species differences are real and should not be dismissed; he explores the complex issue as to how conservation and divergence noted at various levels of neural organization relate to one another; and finally, he hypothesizes as to how the rules of brain development have consequences for how the brains evolve. Astonishingly, Striedter accomplishes these goals in some 360 pages of text! ... I highly recommend this book. --C. A. Morgan, III, M.D., M.A., Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine