Cognitive Biology

<b>An overview of current research at the intersection of psychology and biology integrating evolutionary and developmental data and explanations.</b> <p/>In the past few decades sources of inspiration in the multidisciplinary field of cognitive science have widened. In addition to ongoing vital work in cognitive and affective neuroscience important new work is being conducted at the intersection of psychology and the biological sciences in general. This volume offers an overview of the cross-disciplinary integration of evolutionary and developmental approaches to cognition in light of these exciting new contributions from the life sciences. This research has explored many cognitive abilities in a wide range of organisms and developmental stages and results have revealed the nature and origin of many instances of the cognitive life of organisms. Each section of Cognitive Biology deals with a key domain of cognition: spatial cognition; the relationships among attention perception and learning; representations of numbers and economic values; and social cognition. Contributors discuss each topic from the perspectives of psychology and neuroscience brain theory and modeling evolutionary theory ecology genetics and developmental science. <p/><b>Contributors</b><br>Chris M. Bird Elizabeth M. Brannon Neil Burgess Jessica F. Cantlon Stanislas Dehaene Christian F. Doeller Reuven Dukas Rochel Gelman Alexander Gerganov Paul W. Glimcher Robert L. Goldstone Edward M. Hubbard Lucia F. Jacobs Mark H. Johnson Annette Karmiloff-Smith David Landy Lynn Nadel Nora S. Newcombe Daniel Osorio Mary A. Peterson Manuela Piazza Philippe Pinel Michael L. Platt Kristin R. Ratliff Michael E. Roberts Wendy S. Shallcross Stephen V. Shepherd Sylvain Sirois Luca Tommasi Alessandro Treves Alexandra Twyman Giorgio Vallortigara