Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans Volume 2 Cognitive and Physical Perspectives /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Akazawa, Takeru (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Ogihara, Naomichi (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), C Tanabe, Hiroki (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Terashima, Hideaki (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

This volume is the second of two volumes of proceedings from the International Conference on the Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans, which took place in Tokyo in November 2012. This second volume reports, in four major sections, findings by cultural anthropologists, physical anthropologist...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• The Cognition of Homo neanderthalensis and H. Sapiens: Does the Use of Pigment Necessarily Imply Symbolic Thought?
• Comparisons between Individual, Imitative and Instructed Learning
• The Ability to Objectify Conventional Styles of Problem-Solving: A Hypothesis on the Difference in Learning Ability between Modern Humans and Neanderthals
• Cognitive Flexibility and Object-making in Baka Pygmy Children
• The Demonstration of Resilience in the Drawings of Baka Pygmy Children
• Social Learning, Trial-and-Error, and Creativity
• Experimental Studies of Modern Human Social and Individual Learning in an Archaeological Context: People Behave Adaptively, But within Limits
• Motion Analysis for Stone-Knapping of the Skilled Levallois Technique
• Daily Physical Activity and Time-Space Using of Pygmy Hunter-Gatherers' Children in Southeast Cameroon
• Estimation of the Period of Childhood and Child Growth Characteristics of Pygmy Hunter-Gatherers in Southeast Cameroon
• Interpretations of Practical Population Genetics Analyses of Genome-Wide SNP Data on Human Demography
• Functional Craniology, Human Evolution, and Anatomical Constraints in the Neanderthal Braincase
• Cerebral Sulci and Gyri Observed on Macaque Endocasts
• The Coronal Suture as an Indicator of the Caudal Border of the Monkey Prefrontal Cortex
• Application of Sliding Landmark Method for Morphological Analysis of Modern Japanese Neurocranial Shape
• A Geometric Morphometric Study of Neurocranial Shape Variations in the Crania of Modern Japanese
• Statistical Interpolation of Missing Parts in Human Crania Using Regularized Multivariate Linear Regression Analysis
• Transferring Semi-Landmarks by Minimizing Bending Energy on Surfaces
• CT Image Segmentation for Bone Structures Using Image-Based FEM
• Virtual Endocast of Qafzeh 9: A Preliminary Assessment of Right-Left Asymmetry
• Reconstruction of the Brain from Skull Fossils Using Computational Anatomy
• Integrated Analytical Scheme for Comparing Neanderthal’s Brain to Modern Human Brain Using Neuroimaging Techniques
• Cerebellar Size Estimation from Endocranial Measurements: An Evaluation Based on MRI Data
• Sense of Acceptance: Key Factor of Social Learning
• Brain Activation Related to the Imitative Learning of Bodily Actions Observed during the Construction of a Mousterian Stone Tool: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
• Neural Substrates Associated with Motivation to Learn in Modern Humans.