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Evolution of the Brain, Cognition, and Emotion in Vertebrates

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Editors:
  1. Shigeru Watanabe

    1. Keio University, Minato-ku, Japan

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  2. Michel A Hofman

    1. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam Zuidoost, The Netherlands

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  3. Toru Shimizu

    1. Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

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  • Presents the an innovative combination of expertise and evolution of the brain and cognition
  • Is written by international researchers who have contributed to this the field
  • Provides the an interdisciplinary view of neuroscience, cognitive science, and behavioral science
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Brain Science (BRASC)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  3. Evolution of Cognition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. The Evolution of Cognitive Brains in Non-mammals

      • Andrew N. Iwaniuk
      Pages 101-124

    3. Evolution of Cognitive Brains: Mammals

      • Gerhard Roth, Ursula Dicke
      Pages 125-146

    4. On the Matter of Mind: Neural Complexity and Functional Dynamics of the Human Brain

      • Michel A. Hofman
      Pages 147-167

    5. Behavioural, Cognitive and Neuronal Changes in the Acquisition of Tool Use

      • Yumiko Yamazaki, Atsushi Iriki
      Pages 169-185

    6. Great Ape Social Attention

      • Fumihiro Kano, Josep Call
      Pages 187-206

    7. Evolution of Vocal Communication: From Animal Calls to Human Speech

      • Kazuo Okanoya
      Pages 207-224

    8. Integration Hypothesis: A Parallel Model of Language Development in Evolution

      • Shigeru Miyagawa
      Pages 225-247

  4. Evolution of Emotion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 249-249
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    2. Evolution of the Emotional Brain

      • Edmund T. Rolls
      Pages 251-272

    3. Evolutionary Origin of Empathy and Inequality Aversion

      • Shigeru Watanabe, Yutaka Kosaki
      Pages 273-299
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About this book

This book presents a new view on the evolution of the brain, cognition, and emotion. Around a half-century ago, Professor Harry Jerison published a seminal book entitled Evolution of the Brain and Intelligence. Since then, there has been a series of dramatic methodological and conceptual changes which have led to many new insights into the understanding of brain evolution and cognition. This book is particularly focused on three significant aspects of such changes. First, taking advantage of a new integrated approach called evolutionary developmental biology or Evo/Devo, researchers have started to look into vertebrate brain evolution from the developmental perspective. Second, comparative neuroanatomists have accumulated a large amount of information about the brains of diverse animal groups to refute the old-fashioned idea that vertebrate brains evolved linearly from non-mammals to mammals. Third, comparative behavioral studies have demonstrated that sophisticated cognition and emotion are not unique to some primates but are also found in many non-primate and even non-mammalian species. This work will appeal to a wide readership in such fields as neuroscience, cognitive science, and behavioral science.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Keio University, Minato-ku, Japan

    Shigeru Watanabe

  • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam Zuidoost, The Netherlands

    Michel A Hofman

  • Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

    Toru Shimizu

About the editors

Shigeru Watanabe, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus and Director
Department of Psychology, Keio University, Japan

Michel A. Hofman, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, The Netherlands

Toru Shimizu, Ph.D., Professor and Chair
Psychology, University of South Florida, USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Evolution of the Brain, Cognition, and Emotion in Vertebrates

  • Editors: Shigeru Watanabe, Michel A Hofman, Toru Shimizu

  • Series Title: Brain Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56559-8

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Japan KK 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56557-4Published: 22 September 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56820-9Published: 22 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-56559-8Published: 05 September 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2570-0197

  • Series E-ISSN: 2570-0200

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 299

  • Number of Illustrations: 51 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurosciences, Behavioral Sciences, Animal Physiology

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