Our perception of the brain structure and function as an organ full of secrets and mysteries must change, and it is necessary to consider it as a part of the body that is constantly evolving and developing to maintain homeostasis for the entire human organism. New fossils, imaging methods, molecular genetics, comparative anatomy, evolutionary psychology, cognitive concepts in neuroscience, and neurology have made it possible to address questions of the neurological evolution of humans. This book integrates disparate findings from these disciplines in a succinct history by explaining how the evolutionary process occurred and changed our "selves," mind and brain structure, and function.
Key Features
Explains complex scientific concepts in neurobiology using lucid prose and maintaining a clear narrativeProvides well-documented arguments supported by hundreds of references and citationsDocuments a complex history which unfolded over millions of yearsOffers new approaches intended to transform ideas, opinions, and intellectual foundations of the brain
Our perception of the brain structure and function as an organ full of secrets and mysteries must change, and it is necessary to consider it as a part of the body that is constantly evolving and developing to maintain homeostasis for the entire human organism.
About the Authors. Preface. Introduction. PART I Human History.
Chapter
1 Genesis.
Chapter 2 Darwins View.
Chapter 3 Bipedalism.
Chapter 4 Aquaman.
Chapter 5 Tools and Skulls. PART II Neurobiology.
Chapter 6 Sweet Dreams.
Chapter 7 Cognitive Organ.
Chapter 8 Plastic Brain.
Chapter 9 Lopsided Ape.
Chapter 10 Feelings and Sensations.
Chapter 11 Emotion and Self.
Chapter 12
Consciousness, Mind, and Molecules.
Chapter 13 Speech and Language.
Chapter
14 Talking Body.
Chapter 15 The Little Horse.
Chapter 16 Time Flows.
References. Index.
Dr. Ali Moghtaderi is a professor of clinical neurology at a local university (ZAUMS) in Iran. He had been trained as a neurologist at Tehran University (TUMS) and had also worked as a fellow for more than four years in different disciplines in neurology; vascular intervention fellowship for one year in 2001 in Freiburg Albert Ludwig University, Germany, under the supervision of Martin Schumacher; and in 2007 he spent a year working with Louis Cuevas at the University of Liverpool (LSTM), UK, on tuberculous meningitis. In 2014-2015, Dr. Moghtaderi studied Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis with Luanne Metz at the University of Calgary, Canada. Although the fellowship courses expanded his scientific knowledge in neuroscience, he never found answers to the basic questions of the mind about how the mechanism of functional processes of the brain, such as consciousness, thinking, and memory, etc. During his career, Dr. Moghtaderi has trained neurology to many students, interns, residents and physicians; in addition doing academic research, writing articles and continue to do so. Recently he had an opportunity to reconsider his old passion for writing a book about the neurobiological evolution of the humankind. Therefore, in the past four years, Dr. Moghtaderi has dedicated more time to it, resulting in the present book with more than 800 references. He hopes this is a path to the dream of truth.
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