Overview
Presents a series of essays on neuroscientific aspects of human nature and instinctive behavior, individually acquired (learned) behavior, human bipedal locomotion, voluntary movement, and the general problem of how the brain controls behavior
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Present-day behavioral and cognitive neuroscience is based on the idea that the conventional philosophical theory of the mind provides a reliable guide to the functional organization of the brain. Consequently, much effort has been expended in a search for the neural basis of such psychological categories as memory, attention, emotion, motivation, and perception. This book argues that (a) conventional psychological concepts originate from the philosophical speculations of ancient Greek philosophers, especially Plato and Aristotle; (b) there is serious doubt that these ancient philosophical analyses provide a reliable guide to the understanding of the human mind, human behavior, or the organization of the brain; and (c) that modern scientific studies of animal behavior provide a better guide to the study of the functional organization of the brain than is provided by conventional psychological concepts.
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"Vanderwolf … critiques current approaches to the study of the neural basis of mind, particularly as they apply to psychological processes such as perception, attention, motivation, emotion, memory, and cognition. … Vanderwolf reminds those interested in the field of the brain, behaviour, and the mind that works best when it rests on objective data. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." (C. R. Timmons, CHOICE, Vol. 44 (11), July, 2007)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Evolving Brain
Book Subtitle: The Mind and the Neural Control of Behavior
Authors: C. H. Vanderwolf
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34230-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-34229-0Published: 07 November 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4170-1Published: 29 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-34230-6Published: 30 April 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 104
Topics: Neurosciences, Neuropsychology, Cognitive Psychology, Anthropology, Philosophy of Mind