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The Evolving Brain Hardback - - 1st Edition
by C. H. Vanderwolf
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- Title The Evolving Brain
- Author C. H. Vanderwolf
- Binding Hardback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition New
- Pages 104
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Springer , New York
- Publication date pp. 120
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 6282940
- ISBN 9780387342290 / 038734229X
- Weight 0.71 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 9.25 x 6.42 x 0.48 in (23.50 x 16.31 x 1.22 cm)
- Category Medical / Nursing
- Library of Congress subjects Brain, Neuropsychology
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006925095
- Dewey Decimal Code 612.8
- Quantity available 4
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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.
