The Long Evolution of Brains and Minds - Roth, Gerhard; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
Mind and Intelligence -- What is evolution?- The mind begins with life -- The language of neurons -- Bacteria, archaea, protozoa: successful life without a nervous system -- The "invertebrates" and their nervous systems -- Invertebrate cognition and intelligence -- The Deuterostomia -- The brains of vertebrates -- Sensory systems - the coupling between brain and environment -- How intelligent are vertebrates?- Do animals have consciousness?- Comparing vertebrate brains -- Are humans unique?- Determinants of the evolution of brains and minds -- Brains and minds.
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