Evolutionary neuroscience

by Kaas, Jon H.

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Full title :Evolutionary neuroscience / edited by Jon H. Kaas.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020.
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Academic Press
Place of Publication:Amsterdam
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource : : illustrations (colour)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780128206065, 0128206063, 9780128206065
oclc:on1159420677
Dewey Decimal:573.86

Front Cover -- EVOLUTIONARY NEUROSCIENCE -- EVOLUTIONARY NEUROSCIENCE -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 -- History, Concepts, and Theory -- 1 -- A History of Ideas in Evolutionary Neuroscience -- 1.1 Common Plan versus Diversity -- 1.2 Scala Naturae versus Phylogenetic Bush -- 1.3 Relative Size versus Absolute Size -- 1.4 Natural Selection versus Developmental Constraints -- 1.5 One Law, Many Laws, or None -- 1.6 Conclusions and Prospects -- References -- Further Reading -- 2 -- Phylogenetic Character Reconstruction -- 2.1 Introduction to Character State Reconstruction and Evolution

2.2 Basic Concepts -- 2.2.1 Homology: Similarity Due to Common Ancestry -- 2.2.2 Homoplasy: Convergence, Parallelism, and Reversal -- 2.2.3 Character State Polarity -- 2.2.4 Character or Trait Data -- 2.2.5 Adaptation -- 2.2.6 Phylogenetic Trees -- 2.3 Methods -- 2.3.1 Parsimony Optimization of Discrete Traits -- 2.3.2 Binary and Multistate Characters -- 2.3.3 Squared-Change and Linear Parsimony -- 2.3.4 Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Optimization -- 2.3.5 Which Optimization Approach to Use? -- 2.3.6 Correlative Comparative Methods -- 2.4 Limitations of Methods -- 2.5 Conclusions -- Refer…