Evolutionary Neuropsychology

An Introduction to the Structures and Functions of the Human Brain
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-19-094094-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 548 g

In Evolutionary Neuropsychology, Frederick L. Coolidge examines the evolutionary origins of the human brain's present structures and functions, and traces these origins from the first life forms, through the development of consciousness, to modern human thinking. A new multidisciplinary science, evolutionary neuropsychology embraces and uses empirical findings from the fields of evolution, neuroscience, cognitive sciences, psychology, anthropology, and
archaeology. The bedrock foundation of evolutionary neuropsychology is the assumption that functionally-specialized brain regions are adaptations naturally selected in response to various environmental challenges over the course of billions of years of evolution. These adaptations and their brain regions and
circuitry may now serve new functions, which are called exaptations, and they are particularly involved in higher cognitive functions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coolidge, Frederick L

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie

Über Autor(innen)

Frederick L. Coolidge received his PhD in Psychology and completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Florida. He is currently a professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS). He has received three Fulbright Fellowships, three teaching awards, and two outstanding research awards. In 2015, he was a Senior Visiting Scholar at Oxford University, and he is an annual
Scholar-in-Residence at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar.