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Evolutionary cognitive neuroscience

Author: Steven M Platek; Julian Paul Keenan; Todd K Shackelford
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
Series: Cognitive neuroscience.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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An essential reference for the new discipline of evolutionary cognitive neuroscience that defines the field's approach of applying evolutionary theory to guide brain-behavior investigations.

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Genre/Form: Aufsatzsammlung
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Evolutionary cognitive neuroscience.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007
(OCoLC)623062797
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Steven M Platek; Julian Paul Keenan; Todd K Shackelford
ISBN: 0262162415 9780262162418
OCLC Number: 69734661
Description: xix, 616 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction to evolutionary theory and its modern application to human behavior and cognition / Aaron T. Goetz and Todd K. Shackelford --
Brain and cognition in evolutionary perspective / Robin I.M. Dunbar --
Introduction to evolutionary cognitive neuroscience methods / Shilpa Patel ... [et al.] --
The evolution of ontogeny and human cognitive uniqueness: selection for extended brain development in the hominid line / Valerie E. Stone --
Hemispheric specialization in chimpanzees: evolution of hand and brain / William D. Hopkins --
The evolution of brain size and intelligence / J. Philippe Rushton and C. Davison Ankney --
The evolution of the brain and cognition in cetaceans / Lori Marino --
The social control of reproduction: physiological, cellular, and molecular consequences of social status / Russell D. Fernald --
Neural correlates of facial resemblance / Steven M. Platek and Jamie W. Thomson --
Lust, romance, attachment: do the side effects of serotonin-enhancing antidepressants jeopardize romantic love, marriage, and fertility? / Helen E. Fisher and J. Anderson Thomson, Jr. --
Self-perceived survival and reproductive fitness theory: substance use disorders, evolutionary game theory, and the brain / David B. Newlin --
Sex differences in spatial ability: evolution, horomones, and the brain / David Andrew Puts, Steven J.C. Gaulin, and S. Marc Breedlove --
The evolution of sex differences in spatial cognition / Ruben C. Gur ... [et al.] --
The evolution of language: from hand to mouth / Michael C. Corballis --
The evolution of human mindreading: how nonhuman primates can inform social cognitive neuroscience / Laurie R. Santos, Jonathan I. Flombaum, and Webb Phillips --
Social cognition and the evolution of self-awarness / Farah Focquaert and Steven M. Platek --
The assortative mating theory of autism / Simon Baron-Cohen --
Deception, evolution, and the brain / Sean T. Stevens ... [et al.] --
On the evolution of human motivation: the role of social prosthetic systems / Stephen M. Kosslyn --
Philosophical, ethical, and social considerations of evolutionary cognitive neuroscience / Michael B. Kimberly and Paul Root Wolpe --
Evolutionary cognitive neuroscience / Julian Paul Keenan ... [et al.].
Series Title: Cognitive neuroscience.
Responsibility: edited by Steven M. Platek, Julian Paul Keenan, and Todd K. Shackleford.

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"Platek, Keenan, and Shackelford are leaders of the new generation of social and evolutionary neuroscientists. They have assembled a valuable collection of papers which integrate this blossoming Read more...

 
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