"The Human Mental Machinery" ed. by Camilo J. Cela-Conde, Raul Gutierrez Lombardo, John C. Avise, and Framcosco J. Ayala, Arthur M. Sackler
In the Light of Evolution: Volume VII. National Academy of Sciences
NAS Press | 2014 | ISBN: 0309296404 9780309296403 | 395 pages | PDF | 11 MB
In the Light of Evolution: Volume VII. National Academy of Sciences
NAS Press | 2014 | ISBN: 0309296404 9780309296403 | 395 pages | PDF | 11 MB
In this book aims to survey what has been learned about the human "mental machinery". In this book scientists contributions focus the objective of better understanding human brain processes, their evolution, and their eventual shared mechanisms with other animals.
This book offers fresh perspectives coming from interdisciplinary approaches that open new research fields and constitute the state of the art in some important aspects of the mind-brain relationships.
The articles are grouped into three primary sections: current study of the mind-brain relationships; the primate evolutionary continuity; and the human difference: from ethics to aesthetics.
Contents
Arthur M. Sackler Biography
Preface to the In the Light of Evolution Series
Preface to In the Light of Evolution VI: The Human Mental Machinery
PART I CURRENT STUDY OF THE MIND/BRAIN RELATIONSHIPS
1 Theory of Mind and Darwin’s Legacy
2 Affiliation, Empathy, and the Origins of Theory of Mind
3 Evolution of Consciousness: Phylogeny, Ontogeny, and Emergence from General Anesthesia
PART II THE PRIMATE EVOLUTIONARY CONTINUITY
4 Similarity in Form and Function of the Hippocampus in Rodents, Monkeys, and Humans
5 Evolution of Working Memory
6 The Evolution of Episodic Memory
7 Neuroethology of Primate Social Behavior
8 Synaptogenesis and Development of Pyramidal Neuron Dendritic Morphology in the Chimpanzee Neocortex Resembles Humans
PART III THE HUMAN DIFFERENCE: FROM ETHICS TO AESTHETICS
9 Making Lasting Memories: Remembering the Significant
10 Concepts and Implications of Altruism Bias and Pathological Altruism
11 Justice- and Fairness-Related Behaviors in Nonhuman Primates
12 Powering Up with Indirect Reciprocity in a Large-Scale Field Experiment
13 From Perception to Pleasure: Music and Its Neural Substrates
14 Learning Where to Look for a Hidden Target
15 Impact of Contour on Aesthetic Judgments and Approach-Avoidance Decisions in Architecture
16 Dynamics of Brain Networks in the Aesthetic Appreciation
References
Index
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