Louise Barrett

Beyond the Brain

How Body and Environment Shape Animal and Human Minds

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When a chimpanzee stockpiles rocks as weapons or when a frog sends out mating calls, we might easily assume these animals know their own motivations. But as Beyond the Brain indicates, this is a dangerous assumption, because animals have different evolutionary trajectories, ecological niches, and physical attributes. How do these differences influence animal thinking and behavior? Removing our human-centered spectacles, Louise Barrett investigates the mind and brain and offers an alternative approach for understanding animal and human cognition. Beyond the Brain illustrates how the body, brain, and cognition are tied to the wider world.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-691-16556-1
EAN: 9780691165561
Produktnummer: 17349522
Verlag: Princeton University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.1 cm 428 g
Abbildungen: 14 line illus.
Gewicht: 428
Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)

Über den Autor

Louise Barrett is Professor of Psychology and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Lethbridge. She is the author of Baboons and the coauthor of Cousins, Walking with Cavemen, Human Evolutionary Psychology, and Evolutionary Psychology.