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BEYOND THE BRAIN
BEYOND THE BRAIN
Subtitle:
How Body and Environment Shape Animal and Human Brains
Book Category:
Science > General
Author:
Louise Barrett
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 13:
9780691126449
Price:
USD 35.00
Publication Year:
2011
Alternative Binding:
Ebook
Alternative ISBN 13:
9781400838349
Alternative Price:
USD 35.00

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Princeton University Press.

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Barrett begins with an overview of human cognitive adaptations and how these color our views of other species, brains, and minds. Considering when it is worth having a big brain-or indeed a brain at all-she investigates exactly what brains are good at.

 

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