Arthropod Brains

Evolution, Functional Elegance, and Historical Significance

• Author(s): Nicholas James Strausfeld,
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Pages: 830
• ISBN_10: 0674062620
  ISBN_13: 9780674062627
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / Neuroscience , Science / Life Sciences / Evolution , Science / History , Science / Research & Methodology , Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Invertebrates , Science / Life Sciences / Neuroscience ,

Description:... Insects and other arthropods show complex behaviors that are products of versatile brains which, in a sense, think. Strausfeld weaves anatomical observations, molecular biology, neuroethology, cladistics, and the fossil record to explore how arthropod brains process sensory information to produce learning, strategizing, cooperation, and sociality.