TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vanderwolf,C.H.
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - The Evolving Brain: The Mind and the Neural Control of Behavior 
SN  - 9780387342306
U1  - 612.8 23
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Boston, MA
PB  - Springer US
KW  - MEDICINE
KW  - NEUROSCIENCES
KW  - PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
KW  - ANTHROPOLOGY
KW  - PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
KW  - CONSCIOUSNESS
KW  - BIOMEDICINE
KW  - NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
KW  - COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34230-6
ER  -