Evolutionary Anatomy of the Primate Cerebral Cortex by Dean Falk, Kathleen R. Gibson

By Dean Falk, Kathleen R. Gibson

Stories of mind evolution have moved quickly lately, construction at the pioneering study of Harry J. Jerison. This booklet offers state of the art reports of primate (including human) mind evolution. the amount is split into sections, the 1st deals new views at the developmental, physiological, nutritional, and behavioral correlates of mind growth. even though, it has lengthy been well-known that brains don't in basic terms amplify globally as they evolve, yet that their cortical and inner association additionally alterations in a strategy often called reorganization. Species-specific variations as a result have neurological substrates that rely on greater than simply total mind measurement. the second one part explores those neurological underpinnings for the senses, diversifications, and cognitive skills which are vital for primates. With a prologue through Stephen J. Gould and an epilogue by means of Harry J. Jerison, this can be an incredible new reference paintings for all these engaged on primate mind evolution.

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By Dean Falk, Kathleen R. Gibson

Stories of mind evolution have moved quickly lately, construction at the pioneering study of Harry J. Jerison. This booklet offers state of the art reports of primate (including human) mind evolution. the amount is split into sections, the 1st deals new views at the developmental, physiological, nutritional, and behavioral correlates of mind growth. even though, it has lengthy been well-known that brains don't in basic terms amplify globally as they evolve, yet that their cortical and inner association additionally alterations in a strategy often called reorganization. Species-specific variations as a result have neurological substrates that rely on greater than simply total mind measurement. the second one part explores those neurological underpinnings for the senses, diversifications, and cognitive skills which are vital for primates. With a prologue through Stephen J. Gould and an epilogue by means of Harry J. Jerison, this can be an incredible new reference paintings for all these engaged on primate mind evolution.

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KASKAN & BARBARA L. FINLAY Fig. 1. Top, an example of local increase in one structural subdivision of the brain, the midbrain tectum. Bottom, coordinated enlargement of the entire brain. The statistical analyses reported are designed to discriminate these contrasting patterns. , 1993); size of home range to the volume of the hip­ pocampus (Jacobs & Spencer, 1994)). These traditions involve both an analysis of some aspect of behavior and a mapping onto brain size, but have very different assumptions about the nature ofthat mapping.

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