The Lives of the Brain : : Human Evolution and the Organ of Mind /

The Lives of the Brain : : Human Evolution and the Organ of Mind / / John S. Allen.

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Though we have other distinguishing characteristics (walking on two legs, for instance, and relative hairlessness), the brain and the behavior it produces are what truly set us apart from the other apes and primates. And how this three-pound organ composed of water, fat, and protein turned a mammal...

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Allen, John S.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2012]
©2009
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Human Brain in Brief
  • 3. Brain Size
  • 4. The Functional Evolution of the Brain
  • 5. The Plastic Brain
  • 6. The Molecular Evolution of the Brain
  • 7. The Evolution of Feeding Behavior
  • 8. The Aging Brain
  • 9. Language and Brain Evolution
  • 10. Optimism and the Evolution of the Brain
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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