James Arthur Lecture on the Evolution of the Human Brain
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Early in the 20th century, James Arthur became associated with the AMNH. His fascination with the human brain led to his bequest to the AMNH permitting the establishment of the James Arthur Lectures on the Evolution of the Human Brain. The first lecture was given March 15, 1932.
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Item Brain function and the evolution of cerebral vascularization (James Arthur lecture on the evolution of the human brain, no. 29, 1960).(American Museum of Natural History, 1962) Scharrer, ErnstItem The brain in hominid evolution (James Arthur lecture on the evolution of the human brain, no. 38, 1969).(New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 1971) Tobias, Phillip V.Item Brain size and the evolution of mind (James Arthur lecture on the evolution of the human brain, no. 59, 1989).(American Museum of Natural History, 1991) Jerison, Harry J.Item Culture and the structural evolution of the neural system. (James Arthur lecture on the evolution of the human brain, no. 24, 1955)(American Museum of Natural History, 1956) Mettler, Fred A. (Fred Albert), 1907-Item The discrete and the diffuse in nervous action (James Arthur lecture on the evolution of the human brain, no. 27, 1958).(American Museum of Natural History, 1959) Lloyd, David P. C.Item Do horses gallop in their sleep? : consciousness, evolution, and the problem of animal minds (James Arthur lecture on the evolution of the human brain, no. 66, 1996).(American Museum of Natural History, 1996) Cartmill, MattItem Do we owe our intelligence to a predatory past? (James Arthur lecture on the evolution of the human brain, no. 70, 2000).(American Museum of Natural History, 2001) Brain, C.K.Item Evidence of prenatal function of the central nervous system in man (James Arthur lecture on the evolution of the human brain, no. 26, 1957).(American Museum of Natural History, 1958) Hooker, Davenport, 1887-Item Evolution and development of self-regulation (James Arthur lecture on the evolution of the human brain, no. 77, 2007).(American Museum of Natural History, 2008) Posner, Michael I.Item Evolution of physical control of the brain (James Arthur lecture on the evolution of the human brain, no. 34, 1965).(American Museum of Natural History, 1965) Delgado, Jose Manuel Rodriguez, 1915-Item Evolution of the brain and cognition in hominids (James Arthur lecture on the evolution of the human brain, no. 62, 1992).(New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History., 1992) Falk, DeanItem Evolution, cognition, consciousness, intelligence and creativity (James Arthur lecture on the evolution of the human brain, no. 73, 2003).(American Museum of Natural History, 2003) Cotterill, Rodney, 1933-Item Evolutionary Depth of Human Brain Language Areas: Roles of Common Ancestors and Major Adaptive Shifts(American Museum of Natural History, 2009-03-23) Gannon, PatrickItem An evolutionary interpretation of the phenomenon of neurosecretion (James Arthur lecture on the evolution of the human brain, no. 47, 1977).(American Museum of Natural History, 1978) Scharrer, Berta, 1906-Item The fossil record of primate brain evolution (James Arthur lecture on the evolution of the human brain, no. 49, 1979).(New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History., 1979) Radinsky, Leonard B.Item The heritage of the human brain (James Arthur lecture on the evolution of the human brain, no. 28, 1959).(New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History., 1959) Noback, Charles Robert, 1916-Item Hierarchical evolution of the human capacity : the Paleolithic evidence (James Arthur lecture on the evolution of the human brain, no. 54, 1984).(New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History., 1985) Marshack, AlexanderItem Human brain evolution in an ecological context (James Arthur lecture on the evolution of the human brain, no. 52, 1982).(New York, NY :American Museum of Natural History., 1983) Martin, R. D. (Robert D.), 1942-Item Language as Kluge(New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History, 2010-04-06) Marcus, GaryThe idea of humans as rational and optimal creatures is making a comeback. But Gary Marcus, psychology professor and director of the NYU Center for Child Language, delivers the 80th Annual James Arthur Lecture during which he argues that the mind in general, and language in particular, might be better seen as what engineers call a kluge: clumsy and inelegant, but still remarkably effective.Item Maximizing Darwinian fitness with a costly brain : the neuroeconomics of human decision-making.(2013-04-05) Glimcher, Paul W.Paul Glimcher, a professor of neural science, economics, and psychology at New York University, discusses the neuroeconomics of human decision-making and how Darwinian "fitness" can be maximized with a costly brain. Glimcher presents an overview of our current understanding of the human machine for making decisions and shows how puzzling inconsistencies in human behavior emerge from the trade-offs of costs and benefits imposed by the hardware of the brain.