Cognitive Archaeology, Body Cognition, and the Evolution of Visuospatial Perception

Author: Bruner PhD, Emiliano

Edition: 1

ISBN: 9780323991933

Release Date: 15-06-2023

Package Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches

Languages: English

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 324

Details: Cognitive Archaeology, Body Cognition, and the Evolution of Visuospatial Perception offers a multidisciplinary and comprehensive perspective on the evolution of the visuospatial ability in the human genus. It presents current topics in cognitive sciences and prehistoric archaeology, to provide a bridge between evolutionary anthropology and neurobiology.
This book explores how body perception and spatial sensing may have evolved in humans, as to enhance a “prosthetic capacity” able to integrate the brain, body, and technological elements into a single functional system. It includes chapters on touch and haptics, peripersonal space, parietal lobe evolution, somatosensory integration, neuroarchaeology, visual behavior, attention, and psychometrics.
Cognitive Archaeology, Body Cognition, and the Evolution of Visuospatial Perception represents an essential resource for evolutionary biologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and neuroscientists who are interested in the role of body perception and spatial ability in human cognition. Addresses the role of body perception and sensing in human evolution
Supplies a comprehensive overview on the cognitive mechanisms associated with the integration between brain, body and tools
Offers a bridge between evolutionary anthropology, archaeology, and cognitive sciences