Syllabus

Storm Assignment

Study/Test Questions
Rise of Homo sapiens
 

Readings

Chapter 1: Goetz, A. T., & Shackelford, T. K. Introduction to evolutionary theory and its modern application to human behavior and cognition (pp. 1-20).

      Chapter 2: Dunbar, R.I.M Brain and cognition in evolutionary perspective (pp. 21-46)

      Chapter 14: Corballis, M. C. The evolution of language: From hand to mouth (pp. 403-429)

C    Chapter 15: Santos, L. R., Flombaum, J. I., & Phillips, W. The evolution of human mind-reading: How nonhuman primates can inform social cognitive neuroscience (pp. 433-456)

C    Chapter 16: Focquaert, F., & Platek, S.M. Social cognition and the evolution of self-awareness (pp. 457-497).

        From: Tommasi, L., Peterson, M. A., & Nadel, L. (2009). Cognitive biology: Evolutionary and Developmental Perspectives on mind, brain and behavior.  MIT Press: Cambridge MA.

Chapter 8: Dukas, R. Evolutionary biology of limited attention (pp. 147-161).

C    Chapter 9: Goldstone, R. L., Gerganov, A., Landry, D. & Roberts, M. E. Learning to see and conceive (pp. 163-188).

C    Chapter 15: Johnson, M. H. The human social brain: An “evo-devo” perspective (pp. 309-319).

       Chapter 16: Sirois, S. & Karmiloff-Smith, A. Ontogenetic development matters (pp. 312-334).

Fitch, W. T. (2011) Unity and diversity in human language. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B, 366, 376-388

Powerpoints
Cognitive neuroscience lecture

Chapters:
Goetz & Shackelford
Dunbar
Corballis
Santos et al
Focquaert
Dukas
Goldstone et al
Johnson
Sirois & Karmiloff-Smith
Fitch

Rise of Homo Sapiens
Intro and Brain
Working Memory
Brain Evo
Primates
Early Hominins
Homo erectus
First Major Leap
Homo heidelbergensis
Neandertals
Second Major Leap