Neurobiology of "Umwelt" How Living Beings Perceive the World
At the beginning of the 20th century, German biologist Jakob von Uexküll created the concept of "Umwelt" to denote the environment as experienced by a subject. This concept of environment differs from the idea of passive surroundings and is defined not just by physical surroundings, but is...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2009, 2009
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2009 |
| Series: | Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Anthropological Physiology: von Uexküll, Portmann, Buytendijk
- Essentialist Reasoning about the Biological World
- The Human Brain “Projects” upon the World, Simplifying Principles and Rules for Perception
- Umwelt: A Psychomotor Functional Event
- The Brain's View of the World Depends on What it has to Know
- The Biology of Variations in Mammalian Color Vision
- The Evolution of Social Categories
- What is the Effect of Affect on Bonobo and Chimpanzee Problem Solving?
- Dogs (Canis familiaris) are Adapted to Receive Human Communication
- What Do Jays Know About Other Minds and Other Times?
- Blind as a Bat? The Sensory Basis of Orientation and Navigation at Night
- Point, Line and Counterpoint: From Environment to Fluid Space