Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. The mind and the explanation of behavior -- 2. An introduction to behavior for neuroscientists -- 3. Brain organization and behavior : the big picture -- 4. Human origins and adaptations -- 5. Human instinctive behavior -- 6. Memory and experience-dependent behavior -- 7. Neural mechanisms of locomotion in humans -- 8. The neural control of voluntary movement in humans -- 9. About hunting -- Index
Summary
"The Evolving Brain: The Mind and the Neural Control of Behavior argues that (a) conventional psychological concepts originate from the philosophical speculations of ancient Greek philosophers, especially Plato and Aristotle; (b) there is serious doubt that these ancient philosophical analyses provide a reliable guide to the understanding of the human mind, human behavior, or the organization of the brain; and (c) that modern scientific studies of animal behavior provide a better guide to the study of the functional organization of the brain than is provided by conventional psychological concepts."--Jacket
