1st Edition

Evolution, Brain, and Behavior Persistent Problems

Edited By R. B. Masterton, W. Hodos, H. J. Jerison Copyright 1976
    286 Pages
    by Psychology Press

    In this second volume on the evolution of the nervous system and behavior, the discussion turns from conclusions to method, from a desciption of what happened in history to the means of deciidng what happened. First published in 1976.

    1. On the Comparative Method of Investigation, 2. Uses of the Comparative Study of Behavior, 4. Rates of Evolution of the Nervous System and Behavior, 5. Genetic Considerations in Studies of the Evolution of the Nervous System and Behavior, 6. What Animals Should We Compare? 7. Grades and Clades Revisited, 8. Interrelationships of the Major Fish Groups with Comments on Specimen Availability, Homology and Analogy.

    Biography

    R. B. Masterton, W. Hodos, H.J. Jerison