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Title Cognitive biology : evolutionary and developmental perspectives on mind, brain, and behavior / edited by Luca Tommasi, Mary A. Peterson, and Lynn Nadel
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 342 pages) : illustrations
Series Vienna series in theoretical biology
Vienna series in theoretical biology.
Contents Cognitive biology : the new cognitive sciences / Luca Tommasi, Lynn Nadel, and Mary A. Peterson -- The role of social selection in the evolution of hippocampal specialization / Lucia F. Jacobs -- Spatial cognition, memory capacity, and the evolution of mammalian hippocampal networks / Alessandro Treves -- Space for the brain in cognitive science / Neil Burgess, Christian F. Doeller, and Chris M. Bird -- Animals as natural geometers / Giorgio Vallortigara -- Is cognitive modularity necessary in an evolutionary account of development? / Nora S. Newcombe [and others] -- Color generalization by birds / Daniel Osorio -- Evolutionary biology of limited attention / Reuven Dukas -- Learning to see and conceive / Robert L. Goldstone [and others] -- A comparative perspective on the origin of numerical thinking / Elizabeth M. Brannon and Jessica F. Cantlon -- Numerical and spatial intuitions : a role for posterior parietal cortex? / Edward M. Hubbard [and others] -- Learning in core and noncore domains / Rochel Gelman -- Neuroscience, psychology, and economic behavior : the emerging field of neuroeconomics / Paul W. Glimcher -- Neuroethology of attention in primates / Stephen V. Shepherd and Michael L. Platt -- The human social brain : an "evo-devo" perspective / Mark H. Johnson -- Ontogenetic development matters / Sylvain Sirois and Annette Karmiloff-Smith
Summary This text is an overview of current research at the intersection of psychology and biology which integrates evolutionary and developmental data and explanations
Analysis BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Brain -- Evolution.
Cognitive science.
Adaptation (Physiology)
Adaptation, Physiological
Cognition -- physiology
Evolution
SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology.
Adaptation (Physiology)
Brain -- Evolution
Cognitive science
Form Electronic book
Author Tommasi, Luca, 1970-
Peterson, Mary A., 1950-
Nadel, Lynn.
ISBN 9780262255264
026225526X
1282240528
9781282240520