Big Brain: The Origins and Future of Human Intelligence
"An excellent book...very well written and informative." --CHOICE "[A] fascinating and provocative account of the human brain's recent past."--Joseph LeDoux, author ofThe Emotional Brain"A much needed book on big brains… Big Brain is a popular account of how brains enlarge, in both evolutionary and developmental terms. The strength of the book lies in the neuroscience, especially its treatment of neural plasticity and the "association areas" of the brain… "--William H Calvin,New Scientist"The Lynch and Granger combination is like mixing gas with fire. In this book there are big, explosive ideas by two ingenious brain scientists."--Michael Gazzaniga, author ofThe Ethical Brain"On a planet in which everything seems to be getting bigger (the internet), hotter (our climate), or more numerous (the world's population), Gary Lynch and Rick Granger reveal the intriguing possibility that people with larger brains than us may have been around a few thousand years ago. Their account of the mysteries of the brain and intelligence challenges conventional views in a scholarly yet wonderfully accessible manner."--Richard Morris, Director of the Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems, University of Edinburgh, and President, Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, and Former Chair, Brain Research Association of the United Kingdom"Riveting…the book tracks the evolutionary development of the human brain…" –Anthony Doerr,Boston Globe