Human Paleoneurology

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bruner, Emiliano (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Springer Series in Bio-/Neuroinformatics, 3
• Θέματα: Engineering.; Neurosciences.; Human anatomy.; Bioinformatics.; Computational intelligence.; Biomedical engineering.; Anthropology.; Computational Intelligence.; Biomedical Engineering.; Anatomy.; Computational Biology/Bioinformatics.

The book presents an integrative review of paleoneurology, the study of endocranial morphology in fossil species. The main focus is on showing how computed methods can be used to support advances in evolutionary neuroanatomy, paleoanthropology and archaeology, and how they have contributed to creati...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Neuroscience and human brain evolution
• Computed tools for paleoneurology
• Functional craniology and brain evolution
• Human brain evolution: ontogeny and phylogeny
• Paleoneurology and Behaviour
• Neuroarchaeology
• Cognitive archaeology and the cognitive sciences.