
From Monkey Brain to Human Brain : A Fyssen Foundation Symposium.
Title:
From Monkey Brain to Human Brain : A Fyssen Foundation Symposium.
Author:
Duhamel, Jean-René.
ISBN:
9780262271417
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (419 pages)
Contents:
Series Foreword -- Contents -- 1 Surface-Based Comparisons of Macaque and Human Cortical Organization -- 2 Combined Human and Monkey fMRI Methods for the Study of Large-Scale Neuronal Networks in the Primate Brain -- 3 Evolution of the Human Brain and Comparative Cyto- and Receptor Architecture -- 4 Evolution of the Human Brain and Comparative Paleoanthropology -- 5 Genes, Brains, and Culture: From Monkey to Human -- 6 Quantitative Thinking: From Monkey to Human and Human Infant to Human Adult -- 7 Neural Correlates of Numerical Cognition in the Neocortex of Nonhuman Primates -- 8 Evolution of Human Cortical Circuits for Reading and Arithmetic: The "Neuronal Recycling" Hypothesis -- 9 Cooperative Brains: Psychological Constraints on the Evolution of Altruism -- 10 Do Monkeys Understand Actions and Minds of Others? Studies of Single Cells and Eye Movements -- 11 The Mirror Neuron System and Its Role in Imitation and Language -- 12 Organization of the Posterior Parietal Lobe and of Parietofrontal Connections -- 13 A Prototype of Homo faber: A Silent Precursor of Human Intelligence in the Tool-Using Monkey Brain -- 14 Parietal Mechanism of Selective Attention in Monkeys and Humans -- 15 The Rostral-Caudal Axis of Cognitive Control within the Lateral Frontal Cortex -- 16 Primate Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Adaptation of Behavior -- 17 Does the Human Brain Process Objects of Expertise Like Faces? A Review of the Evidence -- 18 Representation of Object Images by Combinations of Visual Features in the Macaque Inferotemporal Cortex -- Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
Leaders in cognitive psychology, comparative biology, and neuroscience discuss patterns of convergence and divergence seen in studies of human and nonhuman primate brains.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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