This volume of Progress in Brain Research documents the latest developments and insights about the origin and evolution of the human brain and mind. Specific areas include developmental neurobiology, evolutionary genetics, comparative and functional neuroanatomy, neural information processing, human brain evolution, as well as comparative psychology, cognitive neuroscience and the evolution of human language and emotion. Presents insights on molecular and cellular mechanisms of human brain evolutionProvides a better understanding of the origin and evolution of the human mindIncludes information of the neural organization and functional connectivity of the cerebral cortex INDICE: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Human Brain Evolution 1. Genetics of human brain evolution Eric J. Vallender 2. Molecular mechanisms of human brain evolution Amy L. Bauernfeind and Courtney C. Babbitt 3. Cellular mechanisms of human brain development Barbara L. Finlay Cerebral Cortex: Neural Organization and Functional Connectivity 4. Neural organization of the human cerebral cortex Jon H. Kaas 5. Evolution and development of the primate cerebral cortex Jeroen B. Smaers 6. Evolution and development of the human cerebral cortex Branka Hrvoj-Mihic and Katerina Semendeferi 7. Functional connectivity of the human cerebral cortex Martijn P. van den Heuvel and Dirk-Jan Ardesch 8. Lateralization of the human cerebral cortex Michael C. Corballis 9. Life history strategies and the human cerebral cortex Suzana Herculano-Houzel Origin and Evolution of the Human Mind 10. Evolution of the modern human brain Bernard A. Wood and Amelie Beaudet 11. On the nature and evolution of the human mind Michel A. Hofman 12. Origin and evolution of human cognition Gerhard Roth and Ursula Dicke 13. Origin and evolution of human consciousness Franco Fabbro 14. Origin and evolution of human language Francisco Aboitiz and Maëva Michon
- ISBN: 978-0-444-64317-9
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 332
- Fecha Publicación: 06/01/2020
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés