John C Eccles

Evolution of the Brain: Creation of the Self

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Beginning with an account of the genetic basis of evolutionary theory, Sir John goes on to give an illustrated description of the principal features of hominid evolution, the line of human evolutionary descent.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 159mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 495g
• ISBN-13: 9780415032247
• ISBN-10: 0415032245
• Artikelnr.: 21861702

Autorenporträt

Sir John Eccles has written many books on the development of the human brain.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Biological
evolution. The general story of human evolution. Evolution of hominid
brain: bipedality; agility. Linguistic communication in hominid evolution.
Cerebral limbic system in relation to the evolution of the reproductive and
emotional systems. Visuo-motor evolution: artistic creativity. Evolution of
learning and memory. The mind-brain problem in evolution. The self and its
brain. The human person. Addendum. References. Subject index and Glossary.