Evolution of the Brain, Cognition, and Emotion in Vertebrates /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Watanabe, Shigeru. (Editor), Hofman, Michel A. (Editor), Shimizu, Toru. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Brain Science,
Subjects:
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.