Consciousness and Cognition:Fragments of Mind and Brain

What were the circumstances that led to the development of our
cognitive abilities from a primitive hominid to an essentially modern
human? The answer to this question is of profound importance to
understanding our present nature. Since the steep path of our
cognitive development is the attribute that most distinguishes humans
from other mammals, this is also a quest to determine human origins.
This collection of outstanding scientific problems and the revelation
of the many ways they can be addressed indicates the scope of the
field to be explored and reveals some avenues along which research is
advancing. Distinguished scientists and researchers who have advanced
the discussion of the mind and brain contribute state-of-the-art
presentations of their field of expertise. Chapters offer speculative
and provocative views on topics such as body, culture, evolution,
feelings, genetics, history, humor, knowledge, language, machines,
neuroanatomy, pathology, and perception. This book will appeal to
researchers and students in cognitive neuroscience, experimental
psychology, cognitive science, and philosophy.

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How Did Modern Human Cognition Evolve?
Taking Up Arms.
Celebrating 300 Million Years of the Mind.
Was Medieval Cell Doctrine More Modern Than We Thought?
Can Evolution Produce Robots?
The Thought - Translation Device.
Babes in Arms: Studies in Laterality.
Why a Creative Brain?: Evolutionary Set-ups for Off-line Planning of
Coherent Stages.
Creativity: Method or Magic?
The Cross-Cultural Brain.
Where's the Missing Body?: A Puzzle for Cognitive Science.
Whose Free Will is it Anyway?
Affective Neuroscience and the Ancestral Sources of Human Feelings.
The Funny Meat Behind our Eyes.
Practicing Safe Stress: A Selective Overview of the Neuroscience
Research.
Petrol Sniffing, the Brain and Aboriginal Culture: Between Sorcery
and Neuroscience.
Chatting with Noam Chomsky.