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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “michael j walker”
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  • Early Evolution of Human Memory

    Great Apes, Tool-making, and Cognition

    by Michael J. Walker, Héctor M. Manrique ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This work examines the cognitive capacity of great apes in order to better understand early man and the importance of memory in the evolutionary process. It synthesizes research from comparative cognition, neuroscience, primatology as well as lithic archaeology, reviewing findings on the cognitive ability of great apes to recognize the physical properties of an object and then determine the most ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • The People of Palomas

    Neandertals from the Sima de las Palomas del Cabezo Gordo, Southeastern Spain

    by Priscilla Bayle, Miguel Alcaraz, Josefina Zapata, A. Vincent Lombardi, Alejandro Pérez-Pérez, Beatriz Pinilla, Mona Le Luyer, Katharine A. Robson Brown, Alejandro Romero, John C. Willman, Sarah A. Lacy, Jon Ortega, Klára Karaková ...
    Series Book 19 - Texas A&M University Anthropology Series
    The Neandertal site of the Sima de las Palomas del Cabezo Gordo, located in Murcia in southeastern Spain, is unique in several respects. One of its most important contribution to the field of Anthropology, however, may be that it has yielded of the remains of at least 17 Neandertals, adding appreciable breadth to the available data for a greater understanding of Neandertals. Further, its location ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • The Handbook of Clinical Neuropsychology

    by John Marshall ...
    The past 30 years have seen the field of clinical neuropsychology grow to become an influential discipline within mainstream clinical psychology and an established component of most professional courses. It remains one of the fastest growing specialities within mainstream clinical psychology, neurology, and the psychiatric disciplines. Substantially updated to take account of these rapid ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

    The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

    by Bryan Sykes ...
    The national bestseller that reveals how we are descended from seven prehistoric women.One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix, The Seven Daughters of Eve reveals the remarkable story behind a groundbreaking scientific discovery. After being summoned in 1997 to an archaeological site to examine the remains of a five-thousand-year-old man, Bryan ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Quantum Theory and Free Will

    How Mental Intentions Translate into Bodily Actions

    by Henry P. Stapp ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book explains, in simple but accurate terms, how orthodox quantum mechanics works. The author, a distinguished theoretical physicist, shows how this theory, realistically interpreted, assigns an important role to our conscious free choices. Stapp claims that mainstream biology and neuroscience, despite nearly a century of quantum physics, still stick essentially to failed classical precepts ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • The Folly of Fools

    The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life

    by Robert Trivers ...
    Whether it's in a cockpit at takeoff or the planning of an offensive war, a romantic relationship or a dispute at the office, there are many opportunities to lie and self-deceive -- but deceit and self-deception carry the costs of being alienated from reality and can lead to disaster. So why does deception play such a prominent role in our everyday lives? In short, why do we deceive?In his bold ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Parasite-Stress Theory of Values and Sociality

    Infectious Disease, History and Human Values Worldwide

    by Randy Thornhill, Corey L. Fincher ...
    This book develops and tests an ecological and evolutionary theory of the causes of human values—the core beliefs that guide people’s cognition and behavior—and their variation across time and space around the world. We call this theory the parasite-stress theory of values or the parasite-stress theory of sociality. The evidence we present in our book indicates that both a wide span of human ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • The Evolution of Social Communication in Primates

    A Multidisciplinary Approach

    Edited by Marco Pina, Nathalie Gontier ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    How did social communication evolve in primates? In this volume, primatologists, linguists, anthropologists, cognitive scientists and philosophers of science systematically analyze how their specific disciplines demarcate the research questions and methodologies involved in the study of the evolutionary origins of social communication in primates in general and in humans in particular. In the ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Sex, Time, and Power

    How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution

    by Leonard Shlain ...
    As in the bestselling The Alphabet Versus the Goddess, Leonard Shlain’s provocative new book promises to change the way readers view themselves and where they came from.Sex, Time, and Power offers a tantalizing answer to an age-old question: Why did big-brained Homo sapiens suddenly emerge some 150,000 years ago? The key, according to Shlain, is female sexuality. Drawing on an awesome breadth of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Neurobiological Basis of Memory

    A System, Attribute, and Process Analysis

    Edited by Pamela A. Jackson, Andrea A. Chiba, Robert F. Berman, Michael E. Ragozzino ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This exciting volume offers an up-to-date tour of current trends in the neurobiology of memory while saluting Raymond Kesner's pioneering contributions to the field as a theorist and researcher, teacher and mentor. Starting with his signature chapter introducing the Attribute Model of Memory, the first half of the book focuses on the central role of the hippocampus in processing dimensions of ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Human Bone Manual

    by Tim D. White, Pieter A. Folkens ...
    Building on the success of their previous book, White and Folkens' The Human Bone Manual is intended for use outisde the laboratory and classroom, by professional forensic scientists, anthropologists and researchers. The compact volume includes all the key information needed for identification purposes, including hundreds of photographs designed to show a maximum amount of anatomical information.* ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Cognition, Brain, and Consciousness

    Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience

    by Bernard J. Baars, Nicole M. Gage ...
    Cognition, Brain, and Consciousness, Second Edition, provides students and readers with an overview of the study of the human brain and its cognitive development.It discusses brain molecules and their primary function, which is to help carry brain signals to and from the different parts of the human body. These molecules are also essential for understanding language, learning, perception, thinking ... Read more

    $80.09 USD