| Description |
1 online resource (x, 342 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Vienna series in theoretical biology
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Vienna series in theoretical biology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cognitive biology : the new cognitive sciences / Luca Tommasi, Lynn Nadel, and Mary A. Peterson -- The role of social selection in the evolution of hippocampal specialization / Lucia F. Jacobs -- Spatial cognition, memory capacity, and the evolution of mammalian hippocampal networks / Alessandro Treves -- Space for the brain in cognitive science / Neil Burgess, Christian F. Doeller, and Chris M. Bird -- Animals as natural geometers / Giorgio Vallortigara -- Is cognitive modularity necessary in an evolutionary account of development? / Nora S. Newcombe [and others] -- Color generalization by birds / Daniel Osorio -- Evolutionary biology of limited attention / Reuven Dukas -- Learning to see and conceive / Robert L. Goldstone [and others] -- A comparative perspective on the origin of numerical thinking / Elizabeth M. Brannon and Jessica F. Cantlon -- Numerical and spatial intuitions : a role for posterior parietal cortex? / Edward M. Hubbard [and others] -- Learning in core and noncore domains / Rochel Gelman -- Neuroscience, psychology, and economic behavior : the emerging field of neuroeconomics / Paul W. Glimcher -- Neuroethology of attention in primates / Stephen V. Shepherd and Michael L. Platt -- The human social brain : an "evo-devo" perspective / Mark H. Johnson -- Ontogenetic development matters / Sylvain Sirois and Annette Karmiloff-Smith. |
| Summary |
This text is an overview of current research at the intersection of psychology and biology which integrates evolutionary and developmental data and explanations. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Brain -- Evolution.
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Brain -- Evolution. |
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Cognitive science.
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Cognitive science. |
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Adaptation, Physiological. |
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Cognition -- physiology. |
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Evolution. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Tommasi, Luca, 1970-
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Peterson, Mary A., 1950-
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Nadel, Lynn.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cognitive biology. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009 9780262012935 (DLC) 2008035962 (OCoLC)244246632 |
| ISBN |
9780262255264 (electronic book) |
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026225526X (electronic book) |
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1282240528 |
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9781282240520 |
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9780262012935 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0262012936 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786612240522 |
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