The brain : big bangs, behaviors, and beliefs

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The brain : big bangs, behaviors, and beliefs

Title remainder

big bangs, behaviors, and beliefs

Statement of responsibility

Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall ; illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne

Creator

• DeSalle, Rob

Contributor

• Tattersall, Ian

Subject

• Brain
• Brain -- Evolution
• Cognition
• Cognitive psychology & cognition.
• Evolution.
• Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
• Neurology & brain diseases.
• Neurophysiology
• Biological Evolution

Language

eng

Summary

• After several million years of jostling for ecological space, only one survivor from a host of hominid species remains standing: us. Human beings are extraordinary creatures, and it is the unprecedented human brain that makes them so. In this book the authors present a step-by-step account of the evolution of the brain and nervous system. Tapping the very latest findings in evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and molecular biology, the authors explain how the cognitive gulf that separates us from all other living creatures could have occurred. They discuss the development and uniqueness of human consciousness, how human and nonhuman brains work, the roles of different nerve cells, the importance of memory and language in brain functions, and much more. Our brains, they conclude, are the product of a lengthy and supremely untidy history, an evolutionary process of many zigs and zags, that has accidentally resulted in a splendidly eccentric and creative product
• "Tapping the very latest findings in evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and molecular biology, Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall explain how the cognitive gulf that separates us from all other living creatures could have occurred. They discuss the development and uniqueness of human consciousness, how human and nonhuman brains work, the roles of different nerve cells, the importance of memory and language in brain functions, and much more. Our brains, they conclude, are the product of a lengthy and supremely untidy history--an evolutionary process of many zigs and zags--that has accidentally resulted in a splendidly eccentric and creative product." -- Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

612.8/2

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

BF311

LC item number

.D466 2012

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

NLM call number

• 2012 D-936
• BF 311