The human advantage
Subtitle: a new understanding of how our brain became remarkable
By: Suzana Herculano-Houzel
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780262034258
Subjects: Brain; Physiology; Intellect
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Humans rule!; title: Brain soup; title: Got brains?; title: Not all brains are made the same; title: Remarkable but not extraordinary; title: The elephant in the room; title: What cortical expansion; title: A body matter?; title: So how much does it cost?; title: Brains or brawn : you can't have both; title: Thank the kitchen for your neurons; title: But plenty of neurons are not enough; title: Epilogue : our place in nature.