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  • Current Topics in Primate Vocal Communication

    Edited by U. Jürgens, J. Newman, E. Zimmermann ...
    More than 25 years ago, the first major review of primate communication appeared (Altmann, 1967). Since then, information on the communicative abilities of primates increased rapidly, resulting, 15 years later, in the appearance of the first volume in which signaling systems were analyzed in a broader variety of primate groups within an evolutionary perspective (Snowdon, Brown and Petersen, 1982). ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Habitat Suitability and Distribution Models

    With Applications in R

    by Antoine Guisan, Wilfried Thuiller, Niklaus E. Zimmermann ...
    Series series Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
    This book introduces the key stages of niche-based habitat suitability model building, evaluation and prediction required for understanding and predicting future patterns of species and biodiversity. Beginning with the main theory behind ecological niches and species distributions, the book proceeds through all major steps of model building, from conceptualization and model training to model ... Read more

    $57.39 USD

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    Edited by Pierre-Marie Lledo, C. Giovanni Galizia ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Neurosciences – a comprehensive approachThis textbook covers neuroscience from cellular and molecular mechanisms to behavior and cognitive processing. We also address evolution of the nervous system, computational neuroscience, the history of neuroscience as a discipline and neurophilosophy – to name but a few. The book provides the newest state-of-the-art knowledge about neuroscience from across ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Zic family

    Evolution, Development and Disease

    Edited by Jun Aruga ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides a comprehensive overview of ZIC-family research. Part1 summarizes the ZIC family in animal evolution and development and presents an overall picture of the ZIC family gene structure in eumetazoan animals, providing an evolutionary hypothesis and reviewing the studies on the role of ZIC family proteins in developmental processes for each animal model. Part 2 shows that the ZIC ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Gaia:A New Look at Life on Earth

    A New Look at Life on Earth

    by James Lovelock ...
    Series series Oxford Landmark Science
    In this classic work that continues to inspire its many readers, Jim Lovelock puts forward his idea that life on earth functions as a single organism. Written for non-scientists, Gaia is a journey through time and space in search of evidence with which to support a new and radically different model of our planet. In contrast to conventional belief that living matter is passive in the face of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Brain Evolution by Design

    From Neural Origin to Cognitive Architecture

    Edited by Shuichi Shigeno, Yasunori Murakami, Tadashi Nomura ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book presents a new, detailed examination that explains how elegant brains have been shaped in evolution. It consists of 19 chapters written by academic professionals in neuroscience, opening with the origin of single-celled creatures and then introducing primordial types in invertebrates with the great abundance of the brains of vertebrates. Important topics are provided in a timely manner, ... Read more

    $215.09 USD

  • How Can Physics Underlie the Mind?

    Top-Down Causation in the Human Context

    by George Ellis ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Physics underlies all complexity, including our own existence: how is this possible? How can our own lives emerge from interactions of electrons, protons, and neutrons? This book considers the interaction of physical and non-physical causation in complex systems such as living beings, and in particular in the human brain, relating this to the emergence of higher levels of complexity with real ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Loudness

    Edited by Mary Florentine, Arthur N. Popper, Richard R. Fay ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Loudness is the primary psychological correlate of intensity. When the intensity of a sound increases, loudness increases. However, there exists no simple one-to-one correspondence between loudness and intensity; loudness can be changed by modifying the frequency or the duration of the sound, or by adding background sounds. Loudness also changes with the listener’s cognitive state. Loudness ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Aesthetics and Neuroscience

    Scientific and Artistic Perspectives

    Edited by Marine Vernet, Zoï Kapoula ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This edited monograph provides a compelling analysis of the interplay between neuroscience and aesthetics. The book broaches a wide spectrum of topics including, but not limited to, mathematics and creator algorithms, neurosciences of artistic creativity, paintings and dynamical systems as well as computational research for architecture. The international authorship is genuinely interdisciplinary ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices

    Practical Advice from The Union of Concerned Scientists

    by Michael Brower, Warren Leon ...
    From one of the most prestigious nonprofit organizations devoted to environmental issues comes a clear, practical, and rational overview of the relationship between consumers and the environment.Paper or plastic? Bus or car? Old house or new? Cloth diapers or disposables? Some choices have a huge impact on the environment; others are of negligible importance. To those of us who care about our ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Culture and Neural Frames of Cognition and Communication

    Edited by Shihui Han, Ernst Pöppel ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Cultural neuroscience combines brain imaging techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging and event-related brain potentials with methods of social and cultural psychology to investigate whether and how cultures influence the neural mechanisms of perception, attention, emotion, social cognition, and other human cognitive processes. The findings of cultural neuroscience studies improve ... Read more

    $215.09 USD

  • A Plea for the Animals

    The Moral, Philosophical, and Evolutionary Imperative to Treat All Beings with Compassion

    by Matthieu Ricard ...
    Every cow just wants to be happy. Every chicken just wants to be free. Every bear, dog, or mouse experiences sorrow and feels pain as intensely as any of us humans do. In a compelling appeal to reason and human kindness, Matthieu Ricard here takes the arguments from his best-sellers Altruism and Happiness to their logical conclusion: that compassion toward all beings, including our fellow animals, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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