Evolution of the primate brain
Subtitle: from neuron to behavior
By: edited by Michel A. Hofman and Dean Falk
Series: Progress in brain research -- v.195; Progress in brain research -- v.195.
Publisher: Elsevier; Elsevier Science
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Amsterdam; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 478
ISBN-13: 9780444538604; 9780444538673
Subjects: Brain; Evolution; Primates; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical
Description: This volume of Progress in Brain Research provides a synthetic source of information about state-of-the-art research that has important implications for the evolution of the brain and cognition in primates, including humans. This topic requires input from a variety of fields that are developing at an unprecedented pace: genetics, developmental neurobiology, comparative and functional neuroanatomy (at gross and microanatomical levels), quantitative neurobiology related to scaling factors that constrain brain organization and evolution, primate palaeontology (including paleoneurology), paleo-anthropology, comparative psychology, and behavioural evolutionary biology. Written by internationally-renowned scientists, this timely volume will be of wide interest to students, scholars, science journalists, and a variety of experts who are interested in keeping track of the discoveries that are rapidly emerging about the evolution of the brain and cognition. Leading authors review the state-of-the-art in their field of investigation and provide their views and perspectives for future research Chapters are extensively referenced to provide readers with a comprehensive list of resources on the topics covered All chapters include comprehensive background information and are written in a clear form that is also accessible to the non-specialist.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Section I. Introduction; title: Section II. Genes and Development; title: Section III. Comparative Neuroanatomy; title: Section IV. Human Brain Evolution; title: Section V. Theories of Neural Organization; title: Sections VI. Cognition: From Neuron to Behavior.