The Evolving Brain: The Mind and the Neural Control of Behavior

Vanderwolf, C. H.

ISBN 10: 038734229X / ISBN 13: 9780387342290

Verlag: Springer, 2006

Beschreibung

H.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 230301013

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Evolving Brain: The Mind and the Neural Control of Behavior
• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 038734229X
• ISBN-13: 9780387342290
• Einband: hardcover
• Zustand: Good

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

This book presents a series of essays on neuroscientific aspects of human nature and instinctive behavior, individually acquired (learned) behavior, human bipedal locomotion, voluntary movement, and the general problem of how the brain controls behavior. The author argues that concepts of the mind based on ancient Greek philosophy are past usefulness, and that modern animal behavior studies provide a better guide to the functional organization of the brain.

Von der hinteren Coverseite

Present-day behavioral and cognitive neuroscience is based on the idea that the conventional philosophical theory of the mind provides a reliable guide to the functional organization of the brain. Consequently, much effort has been expended in a search for the neural basis of such psychological categories as memory, attention, emotion, motivation, and perception. The Evolving Brain: The Mind and the Neural Control of Behavior argues that (a) conventional psychological concepts originate from the philosophical speculations of ancient Greek philosophers, especially Plato and Aristotle; (b) there is serious doubt that these ancient philosophical analyses provide a reliable guide to the understanding of the human mind, human behavior, or the organization of the brain; and (c) that modern scientific studies of animal behavior provide a better guide to the study of the functional organization of the brain than is provided by conventional psychological concepts.

C. H. Vanderwolf, Ph.D., DSC., is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology and Graduate Program in Neuroscience at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.