Author: Platek, Steven M. ; Keenan, Julian Paul ; & Shackelford, Todd Kennedy
Title: Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience
Description: Cambridge [MA], MIT Press, (2007). orig.cloth. 25x15cm, xix,616 pp.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ This is an essential reference for the new discipline of evolutionary cognitive neuroscience that defines the field's approach of applying evolutionary theory to guide brain-behavior investigations. Since Darwin we have known that evolution has shaped all organisms and that biological organs - including the brain and the highly crafted animal nervous system -are subject to the pressures of natural and sexual selection. It is only relatively recently, however, that the cognitive neurosciences have begun to apply evolutionary theory and methods to the study of brain and behavior. This landmark reference documents and defines the emerging field of evolutionary cognitive neuroscience. Chapters by leading researchers demonstrate the power of the evolutionary perspective to yield new data, theory, and insights on the evolution and functional modularity of the brain. Evolutionary cognitive neuroscience covers all areas of cognitive neuroscience, from nonhuman brain-behavior relationships to human cognition and consciousness, and each section of "Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience" addresses a different adaptive problem. After an introductory section that outlines the basic tenets of both theory and methodology of an evolutionarily informed cognitive neuroscience, the book treats neuroanatomy from ontogenetic and phylogenetic perspectives and explores reproduction and kin recognition, spatial cognition and language, and self-awareness and social cognition...." - Publisher's description

Keywords: Cognitive Neuroscience, Evolutionary, Psychology, Brain Evolution, Cognition, , , ,