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Gaining control : how human behavior evolved / Robert Aunger and Valerie Curtis.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191799334
  • 0191799335
  • 9780191002847
  • 0191002844
Other title:
  • How human behavior evolved
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:
  • 599.938 23
LOC classification:
  • GN281.4 .A95 2015eb
NLM classification:
  • 2015 G-011
  • GN 281.4
Other classification:
  • 42.85
  • 77.30
Online resources:
Contents:
Section 1. The Basic Argument. 1. Producing behavior -- Section 2. An Evolutionary Narrative. 2. Living in the moment ; 3. Getting directions ; 4. Changing the world for the better ; 5. Imagining the future -- Section 3. Philosophical Perspectives. 6. Natural kinds of behavior ; 7. Neural transitions -- Section 4. Concluding Thoughts. 8. Applications ; 9. Implications.
Summary: 'Gaining control' tells the story of how human behavioural capacities evolved from those of other animal species. Exploring what is known about the psychological capacities of other groups of animals, the authors reconstruct a fascinating history of our own mental evolution.
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'Gaining control' tells the story of how human behavioural capacities evolved from those of other animal species. Exploring what is known about the psychological capacities of other groups of animals, the authors reconstruct a fascinating history of our own mental evolution.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Section 1. The Basic Argument. 1. Producing behavior -- Section 2. An Evolutionary Narrative. 2. Living in the moment ; 3. Getting directions ; 4. Changing the world for the better ; 5. Imagining the future -- Section 3. Philosophical Perspectives. 6. Natural kinds of behavior ; 7. Neural transitions -- Section 4. Concluding Thoughts. 8. Applications ; 9. Implications.

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