The Social Brain
Subtitle: Evolution and Pathology
Contributors: Martin Brüne (Editor); Hedda Ribbert (Editor); Wulf Schiefenhövel (Editor)
Publisher: Wiley
Published: April 4, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9780470849606
Subjects: Cognition & cognitive psychology; Neurosciences; Cerebral Physiology; Pathological Psychology; Psychology; Medical / Nursing; Neuroscience; Medical / Neuroscience; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Psychopathology - General; Social Psychology
First sentence: The classic concept of animal and human behavior opposes stereotyped, 'fixed action patterns' in animals and a high level of behavioural plasticity in humans.