Evolutionary aspects of self- and world consciousness in vertebrates

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Fabbro, Franco ^a,b   Aglioti, Salvatore M ^c,d   Bergamasco, Massimo ^b   Clarici, Andrea ^e   Panksepp, Jaak ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^f WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental time traveling; Nervous system evolution; Self and world awareness; Theory of mind; Vertebrate brain

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIRD; BRAIN STEM; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FISH; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THEORY OF MIND; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 84933677013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00157     Document Type: Article

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