Human Paleoneurology

Buch | Softcover

IX, 250 Seiten

2016 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-36286-1 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

From the book reviews:

"This volume grew out of a 2012 symposium on human brain evolution and cognition, one of whose focuses was the use of computer-assisted methods for scanning and statistical analysis. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers/faculty." (E. Delson, Choice, Vol. 52 (7), March, 2015)

Erscheinungsdatum	23.09.2016
Reihe/Serie	Springer Series in Bio-/Neuroinformatics
Zusatzinfo	IX, 250 p. 79 illus., 50 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik
Themenwelt	Technik
Schlagworte	anatomy • Anthropology • Artificial Intelligence • biomedical engineering • Brain Growth Patterns • Cognitive Archaeology • Computational Biology/Bioinformatics • Computational Intelligence • Computed tomography • Computed-tools for Paleoneurology • Digital Anatomy • Endocranial Anatomy • Engineering • Engineering: general • Functional Craniology • Geometric Morphometrics • Human Brain Evolution • Information technology: general issues • Life sciences: general issues • Neurosciences • Virtual Endocasts
ISBN-10	3-319-36286-0 / 3319362860
ISBN-13	978-3-319-36286-1 / 9783319362861
Zustand	Neuware