Evolution of the Brain, Cognition, and Emotion in Vertebrates

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This book presents a new view on the evolution of the brain, cognition, and emotion. Around a half-century ago, Professor Harry Jerison published a seminal book entitled Evolution of the Brain and Intelligence. Since then, there has been a series of dramatic methodological and conceptual changes which have led to many new insights into the understanding of brain evolution and cognition. This book is particularly focused on three significant aspects of such changes. First, taking advantage of a new integrated approach called evolutionary developmental biology or Evo/Devo, researchers have started to look into vertebrate brain evolution from the developmental perspective. Second, comparative neuroanatomists have accumulated a large amount of information about the brains of diverse animal groups to refute the old-fashioned idea that vertebrate brains evolved linearly from non-mammals to mammals. Third, comparative behavioral studies have demonstrated that sophisticated cognition and emotion are not unique to some primates but are also found in many non-primate and even non-mammalian species. This work will appeal to a wide readership in such fields as neuroscience, cognitive science, and behavioral science. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Overview of Brain Evolution: Lobe-Finned Fish vs. Ray-Finned Fish (Kei Yamamoto, Solal Bloch)....Pages 3-33 The Origins of the Bird Brain: Multiple Pulses of Cerebral Expansion in Evolution (Toru Shimizu, Kazutaka Shinozuka, Ahmet K. Uysal, S. Leilani Kellogg)....Pages 35-57 The Evolution of Mammalian Brains from Early Mammals to Present-Day Primates (Jon H. Kaas)....Pages 59-80 Developmental Sequences Predict Increased Connectivity in Brain Evolution: A Comparative Analysis of Developmental Timing, Gene Expression, Neuron Numbers, and Diffusion MR Tractography (Christine J. Charvet, Chet C. Sherwood, Emi Takahashi)....Pages 81-98 Front Matter ....Pages 99-99 The Evolution of Cognitive Brains in Non-mammals (Andrew N. Iwaniuk)....Pages 101-124 Evolution of Cognitive Brains: Mammals (Gerhard Roth, Ursula Dicke)....Pages 125-146 On the Matter of Mind: Neural Complexity and Functional Dynamics of the Human Brain (Michel A. Hofman)....Pages 147-167 Behavioural, Cognitive and Neuronal Changes in the Acquisition of Tool Use (Yumiko Yamazaki, Atsushi Iriki)....Pages 169-185 Great Ape Social Attention (Fumihiro Kano, Josep Call)....Pages 187-206 Evolution of Vocal Communication: From Animal Calls to Human Speech (Kazuo Okanoya)....Pages 207-224 Integration Hypothesis: A Parallel Model of Language Development in Evolution (Shigeru Miyagawa)....Pages 225-247 Front Matter ....Pages 249-249 Evolution of the Emotional Brain (Edmund T. Rolls)....Pages 251-272 Evolutionary Origin of Empathy and Inequality Aversion (Shigeru Watanabe, Yutaka Kosaki)....Pages 273-299