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The Evolving Brain: The Mind and the Neural Control of Behavior
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The Evolving Brain: The Mind and the Neural Control of Behavior Paperback - 2010

by C. H. Vanderwolf


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This volume details the importance of modern scientific studies of animal behavior in understanding the human brain. It 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. It 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.

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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.

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  • Title The Evolving Brain: The Mind and the Neural Control of Behavior
  • Author C. H. Vanderwolf
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Softcover reprin
  • Pages 104
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Springer
  • Date 2010-10-29
  • ISBN 9781441941701 / 1441941703
  • Weight 0.38 lbs (0.17 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.24 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 0.61 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 612.8
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