Evo-Devo

Evo-Devo

Brains and minds are the products of both evolution and development. Whilst evolution selects, self-organisatio, in the development processes is essential in order that evolutionary change can give rise to successful new forms. The approach in in brain science that looks at how evolution and development operate together is know as evo-devo. In these featured lectures Terrence Deacon explains how biology build complex organisms through the combination of evolutionary and developmental processes, Bryan Kolb talks about neural plasticity during brian development, and Leah Krubitzer reviews the evo-devo of mammalian cortex.

Featured Lectures

Leah Krubitzer (2014)

Multidisciplinary approaches to brain evolution and development

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Interview

Brian Kolb (2015)

Plasticity in the developing brain

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Interview

Terence W. Deacon (2012)

EvoDevo and brain function: how biology achieves hirarchic complexity

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Interview

Other Lectures

Barbara Finlay (2015) Robust plastic and scalable developmental organizing principles of the vertebrate brain Abstract Interview	Jon Kaas (2011) The evolution of the large, complex human brain Abstract Interview	Nick Strausfeld (2012) Time traveling to find a brain Abstract Interview
Asif Ghazanfar (2014) The developmental neuromechanics and evolution of vocal cooperation Abstract	Gary Marcus (2014) Bridging biology and computation in the service of understanding how language evolved Abstract Interview	Alex Kacelnik (2013) Will we ever reverse-engineer animal cognition? Abstract Interview
Bill Hansson (2013) Good and bad odors: correlates of valence in the Drosophilia olfactory system Abstract	Yaki Setty (2014) In-silico models of stem cell and developmental systems Abstract Interview	Stephen Nocter (2015) Evolution and regulation of neural precusor cells in the developing vertebrate brain Abstract Interview
Randall D. Beer (2014) Evolution and analysis of brain-body-environment systems Abstract Interview	Peter Mombaerts (2013) Coding olfaction Abstract Interview	Gregg Recanzone (2015) Cortical plasticity throughout adulthood: implications on the evolution of the nervous system at the 'nanosecond' scale Abtract Interview
Leah Krubitzer (2013) Cortical plasticity within and across lifetimes Abstract Interview	Leah Krubitzer (2015) Dealing with the Evo-Devo dilemma Abstract Interview	Heather Eisthen (2013) Evolution and tinkering in olfactory systems Abtract
Sten Grillner (2013) The modular nervous system: from intrinsic function of microcircuits to the control of action Abstract Interview	Jon Kaas (2014) Evolution of the human brain Abstract Interview	Zoltán Monár (2014) Evolution of cerebral cortical development Abtract Interview

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