Evolution of the Primate Brain

English

ISBN: 2370004225

EAN: 2370004225227

Category: Medical / Neuroscience/Science / Life Sciences / Evolution/

Publisher: Elsevier Science

Release Date: 03/02/2012

Synopsis:

This volume of Progress in Brain Research provides a synthetic source of information about state-of-the-art research that has important implications for the evolution of the brain and cognition in primates, including humans. This topic requires input from a variety of fields that are developing at an unprecedented pace: genetics, developmental neurobiology, comparative and functional neuroanatomy (at gross and microanatomical levels), quantitative neurobiology related to scaling factors that constrain brain organization and evolution, primate palaeontology (including paleoneurology), paleo-anthropology, comparative psychology, and behavioural evolutionary biology.

Written by internationally-renowned scientists, this timely volume will be of wide interest to students, scholars, science journalists, and a variety of experts who are interested in keeping track of the discoveries that are rapidly emerging about the evolution of the brain and cognition.

• Leading authors review the state-of-the-art in their field of investigation and provide their views and perspectives for future research


• Chapters are extensively referenced to provide readers with a comprehensive list of resources on the topics covered


• All chapters include comprehensive background information and are written in a clear form that is also accessible to the non-specialist

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Evolution of the Primate Brain

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Format: eBook - EPUB

Pages: 496