| Autor: | Falk, Dean Gallup, Gordon G. Keenan, Julian |
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| ISBN: | 9780060012793 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Harper Collins (US) |
| Veröffentlicht: | 01.07.2003 |
| Untertitel: | The Search for the Origins of Consciousness |
| Schlagworte: | HEALTH & FITNESS: Mental Health NATURE: Animal Rights NATURE: Animals / Wildlife PSYCHOLOGY: Animal & Comparative Psychology PSYCHOLOGY: Cognitive Psychology & Cognition PSYCHOLOGY: Human Sexuality PSYCHOLOGY: Neuropsychology SCIENCE: General SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Neuroscience |
A Harvard-trained neurologist, Julian Paul Keenan is currently an assistant professor in psychology and the director of the Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory at Montclair State University and a researcher at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University. He was previously on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. He lives with his wife, Ilene, in Jersey City, New Jersey. Gordon G. Gallup Jr. is a senior professor of psychology at SUNY-Albany, who researches evolution and behavior among humans, primates, and other animals. His groundbreaking "mirror test" helped reconceptualize recent studies in self-awareness and consciousness.Dean Falk is a senior anthropologist at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Her work has focused especially on gender differences and the origins of language and music in the brain. She is well known for her "radiator hypothesis," which explains how humans keep their extra-large brains cool.