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Foundations in Evolutionary Cognitive
Neuroscience
This book is an introduction to the emerging field of evolutionary cognitive
neuroscience, a branch of neuroscience bines the disciplines of
evolutionary psychology and cognitive neuroscience. It outlines the application
of cognitive neuroscientific methods (. functional ic resonance
imaging, transcranial ic stimulation, o- and electroencephalo-
graphy, and the use of neuropsychiatric and neurosurgical patients) to
answer empirical questions posed from an evolutionary meta-theoretical
perspective. Chapters outline the basics of cognitive evolution and how the
methods of cognitive neuroscience can be employed to answer questions
about the presence of evolved cognitive adaptations. Foundations in Evolutionary
Cognitive Neuroscience provides students and researchers with an introduction to
this emerging field and presents the major topics of study undertaken by evo-
lutionary cognitive neuroscientists – such as language evolution, intelligence,
and face processing – and serves as a primer upon which to base further study in
the discipline.
STEVEN M. PLATEK is Associate Professor of Psychology at ia t
College in Lawrenceville, ia, USA. He is Director of the Evolutionary
Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory and the Online Research Laboratory
(). He is currently Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers in
Evolutionary Neuroscience, Associate and Managing Editor of Evolutionary
Psychology, Associate Editor of Personality and Individual Differences, and serves on
the editorial boards of The Journal of Social, Evolutionary and Cultural Psychology and
The Open Ecology Journal.
TODD K. SHACKELFORD is Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Evolutionary
Psychology Area at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). He directs the Evolutionary
Psychology Laboratory, which uses a modern evolutionary psychological per-
spective to investigate social and interpersonal phenomena. He is cur