In the mind's eye : multidisciplinary approaches to the evolution of human cognition

In the mind's eye : multidisciplinary approaches to the evolution of human cognition /

The last decade has witnessed a sophistication and proliferation in the number of studies focused on the evolution of human cognition, reflecting a renewed interest in the evolution of the human mind in anthropology and in many other disciplines. The complexity and enormity of this topic requires th...

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Other Authors: Nowell, April, 1969- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA : International Monographs in Prehistory, [2001]
Series:Archaeological series (Ann Arbor, Mich.) ; 13.
Subjects:
Genetic psychology.
Cognition.
Cognition
cognition.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY > General.
Genetic psychology
Anatomy.
Evolution of Sex Differences in Spatial Cognition.
Language and Information Processing in Human Evolution.
Palaeontology Psychology.
Palaeontology.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Contributors; ; Forward; Philip Tobias; ; Acknowledgments Introduction ; April Nowell PART I: ARCHAEOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE Chapter 1. The Role of Archaeology in Cognitive Science; Thomas Wynn Chapter 2. The Re-Emergence of Cognitive Archaeology; April Nowell PART II: ON THE GROUND: INTERPRETING MATERIAL AND NON-MATERIAL ARTIFACTS Chapter 3. Memories out of Mind: The archaeology of the oldest memory systems; Francesco d'Errico Chapter 4. A Pragmatic View of the Emergence of Paleolithic Symbol Using; Martin Byers Chapter 5. Nonmaterial Artifacts: A Distributed Approach to Mind; Shirley Strum and Deborah Forster PART III: PALEONEUROLOGY Chapter
  • 6. Archaeological Implications of Paleoneurology; Harry J. Jerison Chapter 7. Intellectual Surplusage: The Role of Bipedalism; Sean C. Hogan and Gordon G. Gallup, Jr. Chapter 8. Before or After the Split? Hominoid Brain Structures and the Evolution of the Human Mind; Katerina Semendeferi PART IV: INFORMATION PROCESSING IN HUMAN EVOLUTION Chapter 9. Multilevel Information Processing, Archaeology and Evolution; Philip Chase Chapter 10. Behavioral Response to Variable Pleistocene Landscapes; Richard Potts Chapter 11. The Fossil Evidence for the Evolution of Human Intelligence in Pleistocene Homo; Anne Weaver, Trenton W. Holliday, Christopher B.
  • Ruff and Erik Trinkaus PART V: A FINAL WORD: THE ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE Chapter 12. On the Neural Bases of Spoken Language; Philip Lieberman Chapter 13. Discovering the Symbolic Potential of Communicative Signs--The Origins of Speaking a Language; William Noble and Iain Davidson

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