Cognitive biology evolutionary and developmental perspectives on mind, brain, and behavior / [electronic resource] :
edited by Luca Tommasi, Mary A. Peterson, and Lynn Nadel
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2009
- 1 online resource (x, 342 p.) : ill.
- Vienna series in theoretical biology .
- Vienna series in theoretical biology .
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references and index
Cognitive biology : the new cognitive sciences / Luca Tommasi, Lynn Nadel, and Mary A. Peterson -- The role of social selection in the evolution of hippocampal specialization / Lucia F. Jacobs -- Spatial cognition, memory capacity, and the evolution of mammalian hippocampal networks / Alessandro Treves -- Space for the brain in cognitive science / Neil Burgess, Christian F. Doeller, and Chris M. Bird -- Animals as natural geometers / Giorgio Vallortigara -- Is cognitive modularity necessary in an evolutionary account of development? / Nora S. Newcombe ... [et al.] -- Color generalization by birds / Daniel Osorio -- Evolutionary biology of limited attention / Reuven Dukas -- Learning to see and conceive / Robert L. Goldstone ... [et al.] -- A comparative perspective on the origin of numerical thinking / Elizabeth M. Brannon and Jessica F. Cantlon -- Numerical and spatial intuitions : a role for posterior parietal cortex? / Edward M. Hubbard ... [et al.] -- Learning in core and noncore domains / Rochel Gelman -- Neuroscience, psychology, and economic behavior : the emerging field of neuroeconomics / Paul W. Glimcher -- Neuroethology of attention in primates / Stephen V. Shepherd and Michael L. Platt -- The human social brain : an "evo-devo" perspective / Mark H. Johnson -- Ontogenetic development matters / Sylvain Sirois and Annette Karmiloff-Smith.