Central Library

Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Human Paleoneurology [electronic resource] / edited by Emiliano Bruner.

Contributor(s): Bruner, Emiliano [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Springer Series in Bio-/Neuroinformatics: 3Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015Description: IX, 250 p. 79 illus., 50 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319085005.Subject(s): Engineering | Neurosciences | Human anatomy | Bioinformatics | Computational intelligence | Biomedical engineering | Anthropology | Engineering | Computational Intelligence | Neurosciences | Anthropology | Biomedical Engineering | Anatomy | Computational Biology/BioinformaticsAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 006.3 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- Neuroscience and human brain evolution -- Computed tools for paleoneurology -- Functional craniology and brain evolution -- Human brain evolution: ontogeny and phylogeny -- Paleoneurology and Behaviour -- Neuroarchaeology -- Cognitive archaeology and the cognitive sciences.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: The book presents an integrative review of paleoneurology, the study of endocranial morphology in fossil species. The main focus is on showing how computed methods can be used to support advances in evolutionary neuroanatomy, paleoanthropology and archaeology, and how they have contributed to creating a completely new perspective in cognitive neuroscience. Moreover, thanks to its multidisciplinary approach, the book addresses students and researchers approaching human paleoneurology from different angles and for different purposes, such as biologists, physicians, anthropologists, archaeologists and computer scientists. The individual chapters, written by international experts, represent authoritative reviews of the most important topics in the field. All the concepts are presented in an easy-to-understand style, making them accessible to university students, newcomers and also to anyone interested in understanding how methods like biomedical imaging, digital anatomy, and computed and multivariate morphometrics can be used for analyzing ontogenetic and phylogenetic changes according to the principles of functional morphology, morphological integration, and modularity.
    average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

Introduction -- Neuroscience and human brain evolution -- Computed tools for paleoneurology -- Functional craniology and brain evolution -- Human brain evolution: ontogeny and phylogeny -- Paleoneurology and Behaviour -- Neuroarchaeology -- Cognitive archaeology and the cognitive sciences.

The book presents an integrative review of paleoneurology, the study of endocranial morphology in fossil species. The main focus is on showing how computed methods can be used to support advances in evolutionary neuroanatomy, paleoanthropology and archaeology, and how they have contributed to creating a completely new perspective in cognitive neuroscience. Moreover, thanks to its multidisciplinary approach, the book addresses students and researchers approaching human paleoneurology from different angles and for different purposes, such as biologists, physicians, anthropologists, archaeologists and computer scientists. The individual chapters, written by international experts, represent authoritative reviews of the most important topics in the field. All the concepts are presented in an easy-to-understand style, making them accessible to university students, newcomers and also to anyone interested in understanding how methods like biomedical imaging, digital anatomy, and computed and multivariate morphometrics can be used for analyzing ontogenetic and phylogenetic changes according to the principles of functional morphology, morphological integration, and modularity.

There are no comments for this item.

Log in to your account to post a comment.