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Consciousness and Cognition

Fragments of Mind and Brain

Book2007

Edited by:

Henri Cohen and Brigitte Stemmer

Consciousness and Cognition

Fragments of Mind and Brain

Book2007

 

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What were the circumstances that led to the development of our cognitive abilities from a primitive hominid to an essentially modern human? The answer to this question is of profou ... read full description

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    CHAPTER 1 - How Did Modern Human Cognition Evolve?

    I. Tattersall

    Pages 3-17

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    CHAPTER 2 - Taking Up Arms

    M. Corballis

    Pages 19-27

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    CHAPTER 3 - Celebrating 300 Million Years of the Mind: A Bird's-Eye View

    P.J. Snyder

    Pages 29-II

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    CHAPTER 4 - Was Medieval Cell Doctrine More Modern Than We Thought?

    H. Whitaker

    Pages 45-51

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    CHAPTER 5 - Can Evolution Produce Robots?

    M. Hild and B. Stemmer

    Pages 53-67

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    CHAPTER 6 - The Thought-Translation Device

    N. Birbaumer and F.A. Rodden

    Pages 69-IV

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    CHAPTER 7 - Babes in Arms: Studies in Laterality

    L.J. Harris

    Pages 83-113

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    CHAPTER 8 - Why a Creative Brain? Evolutionary Setups for Off-Line Planning of Coherent Stages

    W.H. Calvin

    Pages 115-125

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    CHAPTER 9 - Creativity: Method or Magic?

    S. Hamad

    Pages 127-137

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    CHAPTER 10 - The Cross-Cultural Brain

    E. Zaidel and J. Kaplan

    Pages 139-147

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    CHAPTER 11 - Where's the Missing Body? A Puzzle for Cognitive Science

    R.W. Gibbs

    Pages 149-160

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    CHAPTER 12 - Whose Free Will is it Anyway? or, The Illusion of Determinism

    S.J. Segalowitz

    Pages 163-170

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    CHAPTER 13 - Affective Neuroscience and the Ancestral Sources of Human Feelings

    J. Panksepp

    Pages 173-188

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    CHAPTER 14 - The Funny Meat Behind Our Eyes

    F.A. Rodden

    Pages 191-203

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    CHAPTER 15 - Practicing Safe Stress: A Selective Overview of the Neuroscience Research

    C.M. McCormick

    Pages 205-223

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    CHAPTER 16 - Petrol Sniffing, the Brain, and Aboriginal Culture: Between Sorcery and Neuroscience

    S. Cairney and P. Maruff

    Pages 225-V

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    CHAPTER 17 - Chatting with Noam Chomsky

    N. Chomsky

    Pages 245-253

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    Index

    Pages 255-260

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What were the circumstances that led to the development of our cognitive abilities from a primitive hominid to an essentially modern human? The answer to this question is of profound importance to understanding our present nature. Since the steep path of our cognitive development is the attribute that most distinguishes humans from other mammals, this is also a quest to determine human origins. This collection of outstanding scientific problems and the revelation of the many ways they can be addressed indicates the scope of the field to be explored and reveals some avenues along which research is advancing. Distinguished scientists and researchers who have advanced the discussion of the mind and brain contribute state-of-the-art presentations of their field of expertise. Chapters offer speculative and provocative views on topics such as body, culture, evolution, feelings, genetics, history, humor, knowledge, language, machines, neuroanatomy, pathology, and perception. This book will appeal to researchers and students in cognitive neuroscience, experimental psychology, cognitive science, and philosophy.

What were the circumstances that led to the development of our cognitive abilities from a primitive hominid to an essentially modern human? The answer to this question is of profound importance to understanding our present nature. Since the steep path of our cognitive development is the attribute that most distinguishes humans from other mammals, this is also a quest to determine human origins. This collection of outstanding scientific problems and the revelation of the many ways they can be addressed indicates the scope of the field to be explored and reveals some avenues along which research is advancing. Distinguished scientists and researchers who have advanced the discussion of the mind and brain contribute state-of-the-art presentations of their field of expertise. Chapters offer speculative and provocative views on topics such as body, culture, evolution, feelings, genetics, history, humor, knowledge, language, machines, neuroanatomy, pathology, and perception. This book will appeal to researchers and students in cognitive neuroscience, experimental psychology, cognitive science, and philosophy.

Key Features

  • Includes a contribution by Noam Chomsky, one of the most cited authors of our time
  • Includes a contribution by Noam Chomsky, one of the most cited authors of our time

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ISBN

978-0-12-373734-2

Language

English

Published

2007

Copyright

Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

Imprint

Academic Press

Editors

Henri Cohen

Brigitte Stemmer