- Title Pages
- Series Foreword
- Preface
-
1 Cognitive Biology: The New Cognitive Sciences -
II SPACE -
2 The Role of Social Selection in the Evolution of Hippocampal Specialization -
3 Spatial Cognition, Memory Capacity, and the Evolution of Mammalian Hippocampal Networks -
4 Space for the Brain in Cognitive Science -
5 Animals as Natural Geometers -
6 Is Cognitive Modularity Necessary in an Evolutionary Account of Development? -
III QUALITIES AND OBJECTS -
7 Color Generalization by Birds -
8 Evolutionary Biology of Limited Attention -
9 Learning to See and Conceive -
IV NUMBERS AND PROBABILITY -
10 A Comparative Perspective on the Origin of Numerical Thinking -
11 Numerical and Spatial Intuitions: A Role for Posterior Parietal Cortex? -
12 Learning in Core and Noncore Domains -
13 Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economic Behavior: The Emerging Field of Neuroeconomics -
V SOCIAL ENTITIES -
14 Neuroethology of Attention in Primates -
15 The Human Social Brain: An “Evo-Devo” Perspective -
16 Ontogenetic Development Matters - Contributors
- Index
Evolutionary Biology of Limited Attention
Evolutionary Biology of Limited Attention
- Chapter:
- (p.147) 8 Evolutionary Biology of Limited Attention
- Source:
- Cognitive Biology
- Author(s):
Reuven Dukas
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
This chapter examines the evolutionary biology of limited attention, focusing on humans, monkeys and jays. Limited attention means that the brain can process information only at some finite rate. The chapter reviews evidence that supports the notion of limited attention and then describes how to allocate optimally limited attention in order to maximize fitness. It also discusses genetically based individual variation in attention, examines the evolution of attentional capacities, and suggests future prospects for research.
Keywords: evolutionary biology, limited attention, fitness, attention, attentional capacities
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- Title Pages
- Series Foreword
- Preface
-
1 Cognitive Biology: The New Cognitive Sciences -
II SPACE -
2 The Role of Social Selection in the Evolution of Hippocampal Specialization -
3 Spatial Cognition, Memory Capacity, and the Evolution of Mammalian Hippocampal Networks -
4 Space for the Brain in Cognitive Science -
5 Animals as Natural Geometers -
6 Is Cognitive Modularity Necessary in an Evolutionary Account of Development? -
III QUALITIES AND OBJECTS -
7 Color Generalization by Birds -
8 Evolutionary Biology of Limited Attention -
9 Learning to See and Conceive -
IV NUMBERS AND PROBABILITY -
10 A Comparative Perspective on the Origin of Numerical Thinking -
11 Numerical and Spatial Intuitions: A Role for Posterior Parietal Cortex? -
12 Learning in Core and Noncore Domains -
13 Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economic Behavior: The Emerging Field of Neuroeconomics -
V SOCIAL ENTITIES -
14 Neuroethology of Attention in Primates -
15 The Human Social Brain: An “Evo-Devo” Perspective -
16 Ontogenetic Development Matters - Contributors
- Index
