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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Martin Brüne; Hedda Ribbert; Wulf Schiefenhövel |
| ISBN: | 0470849606 9780470849606 0470867221 9780470867228 |
| OCLC Number: | 52515677 |
| Description: | xiv, 457 p. : ill. |
| Contents: | List of Contributors.Preface (M. Brune, et al.).Introduction (L. Brothers).PART I: EVOLUTIONARY ASPECTS OF THE 'SOCIAL BRAIN'.Stereotypy vs. Plasticity in Vertebrate Cognition (C. Strungaru).Is the Human Brain Unique? (G. Roth).Tracing the Evolutionary Path of Cognition (R. Byrne).ProtocadherinXY: a Candidate Gene for Cerebral Asymmetry and Language (T. Crow).Part II: CULTURE AND THE 'SOCIAL BRAIN'.Evolution of the Cultured Mind: Lessons from Wild Chimpanzees (W. McGrew).Ninye Kanye: the Human Mind. Traditional Papuan Societies as Models to Understand Evolution towards the Social Brain (W. Schiefenhovel).PART III: DEVELOPMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE 'SOCIAL BRAIN'.Big Brains, Slow Development, and Social Complexity: The Developmental and Evolutionary Origins of Social Cognition (D. Bjorklund & J. Bering).Where Is 'The Other' in the Self? Multiplicity, Unity, and Transformation of the Self from a Developmental Standpoint (I. Josephs & H. Ribbert).PART IV: PATHOLOGIES OF THE 'SOCIAL BRAIN'.The Social Brain in Autism (F. Volkmar, et al.).Do Children with ADHD not Need Their Frontal Lobes for Theory of Mind? A Review of Brain Imaging and Neuropsychological Studies (W. Kain & J. Perner).Social Cognition following Prefrontal Cortical Lesions (R. Morris, et al.).Social Cognition at the Neural Level: Invesigations in Autism, Psychopathy and Schizophrenia (T. Russell & T. Sharma).Social Cognition and Behaviour in Schizophrenia (M. Brune).Theory of Mind Delusions and Bizarre Delusions in an Evolutionary Perspective: Psychiatry and the Social Brain (B. Charlton).Social Cognition in Paranoia and Bipolar Affective Disorder (P. Kinderman).Psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and Theory of Mind (L. Mealey & S. Kinner).Borderline Personality Disorder Theory of Mind: An Evolutionary Perspective (G. Dammann).Awareness and Theory of Mind in Dementia (S. Starkstein & M. Garau).Postscript (M. Brune, et al.).Index. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Martin Brüne, Hedda Ribbert, Wulf Schiefenhövel. |
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