Chapter 15 Outline

Chapter 15 Outline

  • Introduction
  • Introductory Box Savant Syndrome
  • Early Thinking about the Evolution and Development of Cognition
  • Box 15A Darwin and the Brain
  • Early Brain Development
    • Neuronal differentiation and myelination
    • The development of neural connections
  • Linking Brain and Cognitive Development
    • Brain size and the evolution of cognition
    • Relative brain size and cerebral complexity
  • Box 15B Brain Differences in Modern Humans: Implications for Cognition
  • Box 15C Evolution of Human Brain and Cognition Evident in the Fossil Record
  • Evolution of Brain Development
  • Evolutionary Specializations of Brain and Behavior
    • Evolution and development of learning and memory
    • Evolution and development of quantitative cognition
    • Evolution and development of social cognition
    • Evolution and development of language
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