What is special about the human brain?
By: by R.E. Passingham.
Series: Oxford psychology series -- no. 46
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780199230136
Subjects: Comparative neurobiology; Neuropsychology; Primates -- Physiology; Brain -- Imaging; Brain -- physiology; Behavior -- physiology; Brain Mapping -- methods; Mental Processes -- physiology; Primates -- physiology
Description: 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 those things that make humans unique.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The mental gap; title: The anatomy of the brain; title: Perception; title: Manual skill; title: Speech and language; title: Cerebral dominance; title: Decision-making and planning; title: Reasoning; title: Social cognition.