Evolution of the Learning Brain

<p>How does learning transform us biologically? </p><p>What learning processes do we share with bacteria jellyfish and monkeys? </p><p>Is technology impacting on our evolution and what might the future hold for the learning brain?</p><p>These are just some of the questions Paul Howard-Jones explores on a fascinating journey through 3.5 billion years of brain evolution and discovers what it all means for how we learn today. </p><p>Along the way we discover</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>how the <em>E. coli</em> in our stomachs learn to find food </li> <li>why a little nap can help bees find their way home</li> <li>the many ways that action emotion and social interaction have shaped our ability to learn</li> <li>the central role of learning in our rise to top predator.</li> </ul><p>An accessible writing style and numerous illustrations make <em>Evolution of the Learning Brain </em>an enthralling combination of biology neuroscience and educational insight. Howard-Jones provides a fresh perspective on the nature of human learning that is exhaustively researched exploring the implications of our most distant past for twenty-first-century education.</p>