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NEW
BOOK Everything
you always wanted to know about numbers but were
afraid to ask… out
November 2019
Check out the contents https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/brain-numbers |
“A compelling and up-to-date account of how the brain comes to grips
with numbers—in humans and animals, many of which have their own number sense
— and how these abilities evolved. Fascinating and surprising. Essential
reading for anyone interested in numbers.” Ian Stewart, author The
Beauty of Numbers in Nature and Do Dice Play God? |
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Our
overall goal is to understand how higher brain centers enable intelligent,
goal-directed behaviours. We explore
the functioning of highly intelligent mammalian and avian brains that evolved
independently through convergent evolution. |
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The layered neocortex
of the endbrain, particularly of the frontal and parietal lobes, constitutes
the highest integration center of the primate brain. We therefore focus on
the posterior parietal and prefrontal association cortices. |
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In corvid songbirds,
we explore the nidopallium caudolaterale (NCL) of
the crow’s endbrain, a key cognitive brain component and the suggested
functional analogue of the primate prefrontal cortex. |
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Contact: Prof. Dr. Andreas
Nieder Animal Physiology Institute
of Neurobiology Auf
der Morgenstelle 28 University of Tübingen 72076 Tübingen,
Germany Email: andreas.nieder[at]uni-tuebingen.de Phone: 07071-29 75347 Fax: 07071-29 2618 |
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