Rise of Homo Sapiens -1st Edition- - The Evolution of Modern Thinking

Presents a theory about the evolution of the modern mind based on archaeological evidence and the working memory model of experimental psychologist Alan Baddeley.

List of contents

1. Introduction.

2. The Brain.

3. Working Memory.

4. Brain Evolution.

5. Primates.

6. Early Hominins.

7. Homo erectus.

8. The First Major Leap in Cognition: The Tree-to-Ground Sleep Transition.

9. Homo heidelbergensis and the Beginnings of Modern Thinking.

10. The Rise and Fall of Neandertal.

11. The Second Major Leap in Cognition: Enhanced Working Memory and the Evolution of Modern Thinking.

Glossary.

References

Product details

• Authors: Frederick Coolidge, Frederick L. Coolidge, Frederick L. Wynn Coolidge, COOLIDGE FREDERICK L WYNN THOMAS, Thomas Wynn
• Publisher: Blackwell Scientific Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.03.2009
• EAN: 9781405152549
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-5254-9
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine