Development and Evolution of Brain Size. Behavioral Implications

✍ Scribed by Martine Hahn (Eds.)

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1979
Tongue: English
Leaves: 393
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
List of Contributors, Pages xiii-xiv
Preface, Pages xv-xvi
Acknowledgments, Page xvii
Chapter I - Introduction: Toward Understanding the Brain—Behavior Relationship, Pages 1-7, CRAIG JENSEN, MARTIN E. HAHN, BRUCE C. DUDEK
Chapter II - Evolutionary Theory and the Evolution of the Human Brain, Pages 9-28, ERNST W. CASPARI
Chapter III - The Evolution of Diversity in Brain Size, Pages 29-57, HARRY J. JERISON
Chapter IV - Brain Size, Allometry, and Reorganization: Toward a Synthesis, Pages 59-88, Ralph L. Holloway
Chapter V - Cerebral Indices and Behavioral Differences, Pages 89-109, WILLIAM I. RIDDELL
Chapter VI - Correlated Brain and Intelligence Development in Humans, Pages 111-131, HERMAN T. EPSTEIN
Chapter VII - Genetic Techniques as Tools for Analysis of Brain—Behavior Relationships, Pages 133-146, THOMAS H. RODERICK
Chapter VIII - Correlates of Mouse Drain Weight: A Search for Component Morphological Traits, Pages 147-162, CYNTHIA WIMER
Chapter IX - Brain Weight, Brain Chemical Content, and Their Early Manipulation, Pages 163-185, STEPHEN ZAMENHOF, EDITH VAN MARTHENS
Chapter X - Fuller BWS Lines: History and Results, Pages 187-204, JOHN L. FULLER
Chapter XI - Learning Performance in Mice Genetically Selected for Brain Weight: Problems of Generality, Pages 205-220, CRAIG JENSEN
Chapter XII - Biochemical Correlates of Selective Breeding for Brain Size, Pages 221-238, BRUCE C. DUDEK, PETER J. BERMAN
Chapter XIII - Fuller BWS Lines: Parental Influences on Brain Size and Behavioral Development, Pages 239-261, MARTIN E. HAHN
Chapter XIV - Responsiveness of Brain Size to Individual Experience: Behavioral and Evolutionary Implications, Pages 263-294, MARK R. ROSENZWEIG
Chapter XV - Experience-Induced Changes in Brain Fine Structure: Their Behavioral Implications, Pages 295-320, WILLIAM T. GREENOUGH, JANICE M. JURASKA
Chapter XVI - Effects of Early Undernutrition on Brain and Behavior of Developing Mice, Pages 321-345, Z. MICHAEL NAGY
Chapter XVII - Genetic Correlations between Brain Size and Some Behaviors of Housemice, Pages 347-370, NORMAN D. HENDERSON
Chapter XVIII - The Role of Development in the Brain—Behavior Relationship, Pages 371-380, MARTIN E. HAHN, CRAIG JENSEN, BRUCE C. DUDEK
Author Index, Pages 381-389
Subject Index, Pages 391-393

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