David B. Boles

Cognitive Evolution (eBook, ePUB)

From Single Cells to the Human Mind

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Cognitive Evolution provides an in-depth exploration of the natural history of cognition, from the beginning of life on Earth to present-day humans. Drawing together evolutionary, comparative, and neuroscience research, the book brings a unique cognitive perspective to evolutionary psychology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000591002
• Artikelnr.: 64376061

Autorenporträt

David B. Boles is a Cognitive Psychologist who has published widely on brain lateralization and mental resources. He began reading extensively on comparative and artifact evidence of cognition as a graduate student, leading to inclusion of evolutionary psychology content in his subsequent courses. In 2001 he began teaching Comparative and Evolutionary Approaches to Cognition, a course that transitioned into Cognitive Evolution a few years later.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Life begins
Chapter 2: Life gets complicated
Chapter 3: Vertebrates to early mammals
Chapter 4: Later mammals through primates
Chapter 5: Humans
Chapter 6: The Mechanical and Chemical Senses
Chapter 7: Vision
Chapter 8: The Origins of Motion
Chapter 9: Bipedalism
Chapter 10: Praxis and Handedness
Chapter 11: Tools and Planning
Chapter 12: Spatial Perception
Chapter 13: Pattern Recognition
Chapter 14: Memory
Chapter 15: Language
Chapter 16: Consciousness
Chapter 17: A Summary in Nine Firsts
Glossary
References
Additional Picture Credits
Index