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RECORD NUMBER: 4 OF 7Main Title | The Evolving Brain The Mind and the Neural Control of Behavior / [electronic resource] : | ||||
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Type | EBOOK | ||||
Author | Vanderwolf, C. H. | ||||
Publisher | Springer US, | ||||
Year Published | 2007 | ||||
Call Number | RC321-580 | ||||
ISBN | 9780387342306 | ||||
Subjects | Medicine ; Neurosciences ; Philosophy of mind ; Anthropology ; Psychology, clinical ; Consciousness | ||||
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Collation | IX, 104 p. online resource. | ||||
Notes | Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
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Contents Notes | The mind and the explanation of behavior -- An introduction to behavior for neuroscientists -- Brain organization and behavior: The big picture -- Human origins and adaptations -- Human instinctive behavior -- Memory and experience-dependent behavior -- Neural mechanisms of locomotion in humans -- The neural control of voluntary movement in humans -- About hunting. 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. |