Evolutionary neuropsychology : an introduction to the evolution of the structures and functions of the human brain /

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Author / Creator:	Coolidge, Frederick L. (Frederick Lawrence), 1948- author.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Description:	1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford scholarship online Oxford scholarship online.
Subject:	Neuropsychology. Brain -- Evolution.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12687074

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ISBN:	9780190940973 (ebook) : No price
Notes:	Also issued in print: 2020. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 10, 2020).
Summary:	This work is designed to introduce the evolutionary origins of the human brain's present structures & functions. Evolutionary neuropsychology is a new multidisciplinary science that embraces & uses empirical findings from the fields of evolution, neuroscience, cognitive sciences, psychology, anthropology, & archaeology. This text designed for the intellectually curious, but styled especially for academics at any level & psychologists focusing on various aspects of human behaviour. The bedrock foundation of evolutionary neuropsychology is the assumption that functionally specialized brain regions are adaptations naturally selected in response to various environmental challenges over the course of billions of years of evolution. These adaptations & their brain regions & circuitry may now serve new functions, which are called exaptations, & they are particularly involved in higher cognitive functions.
Target Audience:	Specialized.
Other form:	Print version : 9780190940942

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