Evolution of the Brain: Creation of the Self

John C. Eccles (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

300 Seiten

1991
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-03224-7 (ISBN)

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Sir John Eccles tells the story of how we came to be, not only as animals at the end of the hominid evolutionary line, but also as humans possessed of reflective consciousness.

Sir John Eccles, a distinguished scientist and Nobel Prize winner who has devoted his scientific life to the study of the mammalian brain, tells the story of how we came to be, not only as animals at the end of the hominid evolutionary line, but also as human persons possessed of reflective consciousness.

Sir John Eccles has written many books on the development of the human brain.

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Biological evolution. The general story of human evolution. Evolution of hominid brain: bipedality; agility. Linguistic communication in hominid evolution. Cerebral limbic system in relation to the evolution of the reproductive and emotional systems. Visuo-motor evolution: artistic creativity. Evolution of learning and memory. The mind-brain problem in evolution. The self and its brain. The human person. Addendum. References. Subject index and Glossary.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.3.1991
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	521 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-415-03224-5 / 0415032245
ISBN-13	978-0-415-03224-7 / 9780415032247
Zustand	Neuware