Evolving Insight

Author : Richard W. Byrne
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198757077
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolving Insight written by Richard W. Byrne and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 30 years after the publication of his seminal book, 'The Thinking Ape', Richard Byrne develops a new theory of the evolutionary origins of human abilities to understand the world of objects and other people. Defining mental representation and computation as 'insight', he reviews the evidence for this skill in the cognition of animals.

Author : Richard W. Byrne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780191820281
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolving Insight written by Richard W. Byrne and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 30 years after the publication of his seminal book, 'The Thinking Ape', Richard Byrne develops a new theory of the evolutionary origins of human abilities to understand the world of objects and other people. Defining mental representation and computation as 'insight', he reviews the evidence for this skill in the cognition of animals.

Author : John M. Perry
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9781580510677
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring the Evolving View of God written by John M. Perry and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1999 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the Evolving View of God outlines cultural and historical limitations that continue to shape our language and ideas about God. It relates abstract thinking about God to the concrete history of ancient Israel and draws parallels between Israel's history and the New Testament confession of Jesus as Messiah.

Author : R. Grant Steen
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1615923594
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolving Brain written by R. Grant Steen and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human brain is arguably the most complex object in the universe. With about 100 billion neurons, each of which makes perhaps 10,000 synapses, our incredible central processing unit is capable of roughly 1,000 trillion interconnections.What do scientists know about how this amazingly complex organ functions? Is it even possible to unravel all of its mysteries? In this comprehensive book on the science of the brain, distinguished neurophysiologist R. Grant Steen provides us with a crash course on how the brain works. As a researcher on the forefront of brain studies, Dr. Steen explores the latest findings on a host of topics:?Consciousness, unconsciousness, and brain death?Learning, memory, and role of genes?Motivation, aggression, and the range of emotions?The plasticity of the growing brain?Mental illness and treatmentHe also delves into such stimulating questions as: Where does creativity come from? What is personality? Can we distinguish between the brain and the mind?Impressive in breadth and depth, yet written with clarity in an engaging, nontechnical style, this fascinating tour of the brain provides the general reader with the latest information on one of the most intriguing and burgeoning areas of scientific research. No topic has more meaning or relevance than using our brains to understand the working of our own minds.R. Grant Steen, Ph.D. (Chapel Hill, NC) is a neurophysiologist and associate professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill. He has authored or edited four books including the highly acclaimed DNA & Destiny: Nature and Nurture in Human Behavior, in addition to nearly seventy research papers.

Author : Orkun S. Soyer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461435676
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolutionary Systems Biology written by Orkun S. Soyer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-07-23 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book aims to introduce the reader to the emerging field of Evolutionary Systems Biology, which approaches classical systems biology questions within an evolutionary framework. An evolutionary approach might allow understanding the significance of observed diversity, uncover “evolutionary design principles” and extend predictions made in model organisms to others. In addition, evolutionary systems biology can generate new insights into the adaptive landscape by combining molecular systems biology models and evolutionary simulations. This insight can enable the development of more detailed mechanistic evolutionary hypotheses.

Author : Daniel Lieberman
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 1524746983
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exercised written by Daniel Lieberman and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book tells the story of how we never evolved to exercise - to do voluntary physical activity for the sake of health. Using his own research and experiences throughout the world, the author recounts how and why humans evolved to walk, run, dig, and do other necessary and rewarding physical activities while avoiding needless exertion. Drawing on insights from biology and anthropology, the author suggests how we can make exercise more enjoyable, rather that shaming and blaming people for avoiding it

Author : Noel T. Boaz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471212997
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolving Health written by Noel T. Boaz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human illnesses can be understood as damage to those adaptations that we took on at various stages in our evolution from pre-life molecules to modern Homo sapiens. Preventing these illnesses entails avoiding what causes the damage — which too frequently are the everyday hazards of twenty-first-century life, as the chart below shows: Level of Evolution / Cause of adaptive failure / resulting disease or problem Pre-life / Environmental poisons / Certain birth defects Single cell (bacteria and amoeba-like) / Viral infection / Colds/flu/HIV Morula (sponge-like) / Cellular stress / Cancer Chordate / Physical stress / Back pain Fish / Excess dietary salt / Hypertension/heart disease Amphibian / Tobacco smoke / Lung cancer/emphysema Lower primate / Excess dietary sugar / Diabetes mellitus Higher primate / Vitamin C deficiency / Scurvy Ape / Excess dietary protein / Gout Homo sapiens / Reduced dietary variety / Nutritionaldiseases/food allergies

Author : Christopher Day
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135387605
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Insights Into Teachers' Thinking And Practice written by Christopher Day and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of original research conducted by scholars from Europe and North America. The papers consider the evolution of research on teachers' thinking, the nature of professional knowledge, and philosophical and moral dimensions of teachers' thinking.

Author : David P. Mindell
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674041089
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolving World written by David P. Mindell and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 150 years since Darwin, evolutionary biology has proven as essential as it is controversial, a critical concept for answering questions about everything from the genetic code and the structure of cells to the reproduction, development, and migration of animal and plant life. But today, as David P. Mindell makes undeniably clear in The Evolving World, evolutionary biology is much more than an explanatory concept. It is indispensable to the world we live in. This book provides the first truly accessible and balanced account of how evolution has become a tool with applications that are thoroughly integrated, and deeply useful, in our everyday lives and our societies, often in ways that we do not realize. When we domesticate wild species for agriculture or companionship; when we manage our exposure to pathogens and prevent or control epidemics; when we foster the diversity of species and safeguard the functioning of ecosystems: in each of these cases, Mindell shows us, evolutionary biology applies. It is at work when we recognize that humans represent a single evolutionary family with variant cultures but shared biological capabilities and motivations. And last but not least, we see here how evolutionary biology comes into play when we use knowledge of evolution to pursue justice within the legal system and to promote further scientific discovery through education and academic research. More than revealing evolution's everyday uses and value, The Evolving World demonstrates the excitement inherent in its applications--and convinces us as never before that evolutionary biology has become absolutely necessary for human existence.

Author : Robin Cooper
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
ISBN 13 : 1909314331
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolving Mind written by Robin Cooper and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the evolution of consciousness from the simplest organism, through the self-aware human being, to enlightenment. Viewing recent theories from a Buddhist standpoint, the book sees evolution as a process of perpetual self-transcendence.