This work provides state-of-the-art reviews of primate (including human) brain evolution. It covers topics such as perspectives on the developmental, physiological, dietary and behavioural correlates of brain enlargement.
Understanding how the brain works is probably the greatest scientific and intellectual challenge of our generation. The cerebral cortex is the instrument by which we carry the most complex mental functions. Fortunately, there exists an immense body of knowledge concerning both c…
Originally published in German and French, the work is considered to be unsurpassed in both its scientific eloquence and accurate photographic documentation. Revising Brodmann's cortical parcellation system, von Economo took cytoarchitectonics to a new zenith. The revised editio…