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Author:   Shigeru Watanabe ,  Michel A Hofman ,  Toru Shimizu
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Japan
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Japan
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Weight:   0.760kg
ISBN:  

9784431565574

ISBN 10:   4431565574
Pages:   299
Publication Date:   22 September 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I Evolution of the Brain.- 1 An overview of brain evolution: lobe-finned fish vs ray-finned fish.- 2 The Origins of the Bird Brain: Multiple Pulses of Cerebral Expansion in Evolution.- 3 The evolution of mammalian brains from early mammals to present-day primates.- 4 Developmental sequences predict multiple types of increased intra-connectivity in evolution: a comparative analysis of developmental timing, gene expression, neuron numbers, and diffusion MR tractography.- Part II Evolution of Cognition.- 5 The Evolution of Cognitive Brains in Non-mammals.- 6 Evolution of Cognitive Brains: Mammals.- 7 On the Matter of Mind: Neural Complexity and Functional Dynamics of the Human Brain.- 8 Behavioural, cognitive, and neuronal changes in the acquisition of tool use.- 9 Great ape social attention.- 10 Evolution of vocal communication: From animal calls to human speech.- 11 Integration Hypothesis: A Parallel Model of Language Development in Evolution.- Part III Evolution of Emotion.- 12 Evolution of the emotional brain.- 13 Evolutionary origin of empathy and inequality aversion.

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Shigeru Watanabe, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus and Director Department of Psychology, Keio University, Japan Michel A. Hofman, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus Department of Neuropsychiatry, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, The Netherlands Toru Shimizu, Ph.D., Professor and Chair Psychology, University of South Florida, USA

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