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. |
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| 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. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12687074 |
| Summary: | In Evolutionary Neuropsychology, Frederick L. Coolidge examines the evolutionary origins of the human brain's present structures and functions, and traces these origins from the first life forms, through the development of consciousness, to modern human thinking. A new multidisciplinary science, evolutionary neuropsychology embraces and uses empirical findings from the fields of evolution, neuroscience, cognitive sciences, psychology, anthropology, and archaeology. 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 and their brain regions and circuitry may now serve new functions, which are called exaptations, and they are particularly involved in higher cognitive functions.<br> |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2020. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190940973 |