The Long Evolution of Brains and Minds
On the basis of evolutionary and behavioral biology, neuroscience and anthropology, this book investigates to which extent it is possible to reconstruct the evolution of nervous systems and brains as well as of mental-cognitive abilities, in short “intelligence”, and to which extent we can correlate...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Mind and Intelligence
- What is evolution?- The mind begins with life
- The language of neurons
- Bacteria, archaea, protozoa: successful life without a nervous system
- The “invertebrates” and their nervous systems
- Invertebrate cognition and intelligence
- The Deuterostomia
- The brains of vertebrates
- Sensory systems – the coupling between brain and environment
- How intelligent are vertebrates?- Do animals have consciousness?- Comparing vertebrate brains
- Are humans unique?- Determinants of the evolution of brains and minds
- Brains and minds.