Brain, Behaviour and Evolution

David A. Oakley, H. C. Plotkin (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

258 Seiten

2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-55543-3 (ISBN)

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Originally published in 1979, this book provides students with an example of the ways in which an evolutionary perspective can rephrase and clarify traditional questions and issues in psychology. The format provides the student firstly with the minimal amount of basic information in neuroanatomy, genetics and modern evolutionary theory in a form which is readily related to the remainder of the volume. The book then goes on to consider the relationships between different forms of explanation in biology, and the role of brain behaviour students in these relationships. Finally, the reader is given an opportunity to follow the reasoning which stems from a biological approach when applied to topics in human behaviour such as learning, dreaming, sleeping, exploration, anxiety, reasoning, intelligence and consciousness. Modern evolutionary biology places man in a broader context than does traditional psychology, and this new perspective reduces our tendency to view life solely from a human standpoint. The significance as well as the uniqueness of some traditionally ‘human’ attributes are challenged by this approach.

David A. Oakley and H. C. Plotkin

Notes on the Contributors. Editors’ Introduction. 1. The Evolution and Genetics of Behaviour Linda Partridge 2. The Anatomy of the Vertebrate Nervous System: An Evolutionary and Developmental Perspective Christopher H. Yeo 3. Brain-behaviour Studies and Evolutionary Biology H.C. Plotkin 4. Chemical Systems of the Brain and Evolution Gaylord D. Ellison 5. The Evolution and Function of Sleep Ray Meddis 6. Brain Size and Intelligence: A Comparative Perspective I. Steele Russell 7. Cerebral Cortex and Adaptive Behaviour David A. Oakley 8. Symmetry and Asymmetry in the Vertebrate Brain Stuart J. Dimond 9. Consciousness, Freewill and Personal Identity R.W. Sperry. Name Index. Subject Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.09.2020
Reihe/Serie	Psychology Library Editions: Comparative Psychology
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
ISBN-10	1-138-55543-6 / 1138555436
ISBN-13	978-1-138-55543-3 / 9781138555433
Zustand	Neuware