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Cognitive Archaeology, Body Cognition, and the Evolution of Visuospatial Perception offers a multidisciplinary and comprehensive perspective on the evolution of the visuospatial ability in the human genus. It presents current topics in cognitive sciences and prehistoric archaeology, to provide a bridge between evolutionary anthropology and neurobiology. This book explores how body perception and spatial sensing may have evolved in humans, as to enhance a “prosthetic capacity” able to integrate the brain, body, and technological elements into a single functional system. It includes chapters on touch and haptics, peripersonal space, parietal lobe evolution, somatosensory integration, neuroarchaeology, visual behavior, attention, and psychometrics. Cognitive Archaeology, Body Cognition, and the Evolution of Visuospatial Perception represents an essential resource for evolutionary biologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and neuroscientists who are interested in the role of body perception and spatial ability in human cognition. Addresses the role of body perception and sensing in human evolution Supplies a comprehensive overview on the cognitive mechanisms associated with the integration between brain, body and tools Offers a bridge between evolutionary anthropology, archaeology, and cognitive sciences Front Cover COGNITIVE ARCHAEOLOGY, BODY COGNITION, AND THE EVOLUTION OF VISUOSPATIAL PERCEPTION COGNITIVE ARCHAEOLOGY, BODY COGNITION, AND THE EVOLUTION OF VISUOSPATIAL PERCEPTIONEDITED BYEMILIANO BRUNERRESEARCH GROUP L ... Contents Contributors Biography Preface Touching minds: body, tools, and the evolution of a prosthetic consciousness 1 - Visuospatial cognition and evolution 1 - Somatosensation and body perception: the integration of afferent signals in multisensory cognitive processes The sensory origin of body perception Somatosensation from the skin Internal somatosensory sensing: muscles, joints, and viscera Central processing and integration of somatosensory signals Classic central pathways activated by somatosensory afference Integration of somatosensory signals with other senses and with internal mechanisms Conclusion and future perspectives References 2 - Perception by effortful touch and a lawful approach to (the evolution of) perceiving and acting A (the) predominant approach to understanding how perceiving occurs Assumption 1: The fundamental separation of animal and environment Assumption 2: The primacy of animal-independent variables Evolutionary puzzles and paradoxes and (brief) hints at resolutions An ecological account of perceiving of, and behavior in, the surroundings The ecological approach to perceiving by touch Task-specificity and anatomical independence in perceiving properties of wielded objects Task specificity Anatomical independence Task-specificity and anatomical independence in perception by means of wielded objects What function(s) has the touch system evolved to serve? Synergies as task-specific control units Smart perceptual devices as task-specific detection units What architectural configuration of the touch system coevolved to support this function? Biotensegrity and the misfit nature of the touch system Biotensegrity and the ecological approach to perception by touch Concluding thoughts: what to make of (the evolution of) tool use? References 3 - Evolutionary perspective on peripersonal space and perception Introduction Functions and definition of the peripersonal space Peripersonal space as a common function in the animal world Behavioral evidence Neural bases Peripersonal space in humans and nonhuman primates Neural bases and cortical networks First parietofrontal network: VIP-F4 Second parietofrontal network: AIP/7b-F5 Subcortical areas Brain expansion and evolution Posture Development of the peripersonal space Evolution of emotions linked to PPS Tool-use Plasticity of peripersonal space with tool use Tool use and PPS in handicap Body illusion and self-representation PPS and new types of virtual technological tools Social and cultural societies Culture Social PPS, when your PPS become my PPS Peripersonal space within a world pandemic Conclusion Acknowledgments References 4 - The body in the world: tools and somato-centric maps in the primate brain Introduction The evolution of a biological substrate conducive to tool usage Tool representation in the brain Mapping the tool-usage space Cognitive components of tool use The tool with the body and the body in the world Conclusion Funding References 5 - Parietal cortex and cumulative technological culture Introduction Motor control Function From object manipulation to object–object manipulation Tool use and CTC Visuospatial skills Function Visuospatial transformations Visuospatial skills and CTC Technical reasoning Function Neurocognitive bases Technical reasoning and CTC Evolution of the parietal cortex and technical reasoning An evolutionary scenario Palaeoneurology and cognitive neuroscience Conclusion References 6 - Body-tool integration: past, present, and future Introduction Body-tool integration during motor control Effects of tool use on reaching behavior Effects of tool use on tactile object perception Emergence and development of sensorimotor plasticity during tool use Drivers of this plasticity Neural evidence of sensorimotor plasticity Body-tool integration during sensing Localizing touch on the surface of a tool Neural processes underlying body-tool integration Future of integrated technology Body restoration: prosthetics and brain–machine interfaces Robotic body augmentation Conclusion References 2 - Visuospatial behaviour and cognitive archaeology 7 - The evolution of the parietal lobes in the genus Homo: the fossil evidence Paleoneurology and functional craniology Skulls and endocasts Parietal endocasts The fossil evidence on parietal lobe evolution in the human genus Early and archaic humans Neanderthals Modern humans Parietal lobes and brain globularity Deep parietal More on parietal vascularization Anatomy, cognition, and behavior Acknowledgments References 8 - Parietal lobe expansion, its consequences for working memory, and the evolution of modern thinking Working memory Regions of the parietal lobes Intraparietal sulcus (IPS) Intraparietal sulcus (IPS) Superior parietal lobule (SPL) Intraparietal sulcus (IPS) Precuneus Inferior Parietal Lobule (IPL) Supramarginal gyrus (SMG) Angular gyrus (AG) Retrosplenial cortex (RSC) The SMG, phonological storage, and the evolution of language The parietal lobes and the default mode network of the brain Egocentric and allocentric frames of reference and emotional regulation The episodic buffer and the evolution of modern thinking Do future simulations enhance prospective memory? References 9 - Experimental neuroarchaeology of visuospatial behavior Introduction Neuroarchaeology as evolutionary neuroscience Comparative evidence Experimental evidence Evolutionary interpretation Conclusion References 10 - Cognitive archaeology, attention, and visual behavior Vision, attention, and human evolution Eye tracking technology Visual attention in cognitive archaeology Visual perception and prehistory Saliency and affordances Visual exploration of stone tools Visual attention during stone tool manipulation Sex differences in visual perception Differences between technologies The role of archaeological knowledge in visual attention Visual attention during tool-making Vision and cognition in prehistory Acknowledgments References 11 - Handling prehistory: tools, electrophysiology, and haptics A brain at hand: from haptics to cognition Minds, hands, and stone tools Lower Paleolithic stone tools Perceiving tools: biomechanical aspects of tool manipulation Perceiving tools: attention, activation, and emotional reaction Detecting emotions Recognizing emotions Recording emotions Electrodermal responses to Lower Paleolithic stone tool manipulation Final considerations Acknowledgments References 12 - A comparative approach to evaluating the biomechanical complexity of the freehand knapping swing Introduction Mechanics of the freehand Oldowan knapping swing Nut-cracking mechanics in bearded capuchins Discussion Behavioral divergences Behavioral similarities but task constraint distinctions Brief considerations beyond biomechanics Conclusions References 13 - Psychometrics, visuospatial abilities, and cognitive archaeology Psychometrics and cognition Measuring minds A multivariate cognitive space Limitations of psychometric tests Psychometrics and visuospatial ability Body and perception Visuospatial integration, working memory, and brain development Psychometrics and archaeology Visuospatial functions and experimental archaeology Example 1: paleolithic tool grasping Example 2: visual attention and tool affordances The issue of modern humans Human evolution: the body and beyond Acknowledgments References Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Back Cover