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Name: Beyond the Brain
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Louise Barrett

Beyond the Brain challenges the human‑centric view of cognition by examining how differences in evolutionary history, ecological niche, and physical form shape animal thinking and behavior. Barrett draws on animal behavior, comparative psychology, robotics, artificial life, developmental psychology, and cognitive science to demonstrate that the brain’s evolutionary role is to guide action in the world, and that cognition arises from the integration of body, brain, and environment. The book offers new insights into how both animals and humans depend on their bodies and surroundings—rather than merely their brains—to behave intelligently.

First publish date: 2011

Genre: Psychology/Cognitive Psychology

Authors: Louise Barrett

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