Cognitive Archaeology, Body Cognition, and the Evolution of Visuospatial Perception

ISBN-13: 9780323991933 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 280 str.

Spis treści

Section I: Visuospatial cognition and evolution

1. Somatosensation and body perception: the integration of afferent signals in multisensory cognitive processes
2. Perception by effortful touch and a lawful approach to (the evolution of) perceiving and acting
3. Evolutionary perspective on peripersonal space and perception
4. The body in the world: tools and somato-centric maps in the primate brain
5. Parietal cortex and cumulative technological culture
6. Body-tool integration: past, present, and future

Section II: Visuospatial behavior and cognitive archaeology

7. The evolution of the parietal lobes in the genus Homo: the fossil evidence
8. Parietal Lobe Expansion, its Consequences for Working Memory, and the Evolution of Modern Thinking
9. Experimental neuroarchaeology of visuospatial behavior
10. Cognitive archaeology, attention and visual behaviour
11. Handling prehistory: tools, electrophysiology and haptics
12. A comparative approach to evaluating the biomechanical complexity of the freehand knapping swing
13. Psychometrics, visuospatial capacity and cognitive archaeology