Overview
- Examines the structure and function of diverse animal brains, with contributions from specialists
- Covers the origins and diversity of animal groups
- Provides up-to-date, detailed information on this research field of brain evolution
Part of the book series: Diversity and Commonality in Animals (DCA)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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The Origins of Neurons and Networks
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The Rise of Diverse Brain Types
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Cognitive Systems
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About this book
This book presents a new, detailed examination that explains how elegant brains have been shaped in evolution. It consists of 19 chapters written by academic professionals in neuroscience, opening with the origin of single-celled creatures and then introducing primordial types in invertebrates with the great abundance of the brains of vertebrates. Important topics are provided in a timely manner, because novel techniques emerged rapidly—as seen, for examples, in the next-generation sequencers and omics approaches. With the explosion of big data, neural-related genes and molecules is now on the radar. In fact, Europe’s big science and technology projects, a €1 billion plan called the Human Brain Project and the Blue Brain Project to understand mammalian brain networks, have been launched in recent years. Furthermore, with the rise of recently advanced artificial intelligence, there is great enthusiasm for understanding the evolution of neural networks. The views from brain evolutionin nature provide an essential opportunity to generate ideas for novel neuron- and brain-inspired computation. The ambition behind this book is that it will stimulate young scientists who seek a deeper understanding in order to find the basic principles shaping brains that provided higher cognitive functions in the course of evolution.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Brain Evolution by Design
Book Subtitle: From Neural Origin to Cognitive Architecture
Editors: Shuichi Shigeno, Yasunori Murakami, Tadashi Nomura
Series Title: Diversity and Commonality in Animals
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56469-0
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Japan KK 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56467-6Published: 17 February 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56795-0Published: 04 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-56469-0Published: 07 February 2017
Series ISSN: 2509-5536
Series E-ISSN: 2509-5544
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 438
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 83 illustrations in colour
Topics: Zoology, Evolutionary Biology, Neurosciences