Evolution of the primate brain : from neuron to behavior /

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Imprint:Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, [2012]
©2012
Description:1 online resource (ix, 478 pages).
Language:English
Series:Progress in brain research ; v. 195
Progress in brain research ; v. 195.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11124847
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Other authors / contributors:Hofman, M. A. (Michel A.), author.
Falk, Dean, editor.
ISBN:9780444538604
0444538607
9780444538673
0444538674
9781283434263
1283434261
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from HTML table of contents page (ScienceDirect, viewed May 25, 2018).
Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: 9780444538604