- [UNTITLED]
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Introduction A New Frontier for Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience
- The Value of Truly Comparative and Holistic Approaches in the Neurosciences
- Developmental Systems Theory
- Rethinking Epigenesis and Evolution in Light of Developmental Science
- Brain Development Genes, Epigenetic Events, and Maternal Environments
- Programmed Cell Death During Nervous System Development Mechanisms, Regulation, Functions, and Implications for Neurobehavioral Ontogeny
- Development of GABAergic Signaling From Molecules to Emerging Networks
- Neural Activity and Visual System Development
- Early Patterns of Electrical Activity in the Developing Cortex
- Experience in the Perinatal Development of Action Systems
- Development of Spinal Cord Locomotor Networks Controlling Limb Movements
- Development of Spinal Motor Networks Controlling Axial Movements
- Role of Spontaneous Movements in Imprinting an Action-based Body Representation in the Spinal Cord
- Development of Sound Localization Mechanisms
- Early Sensory Experience, Behavior, and Gene Expression in Caenorhabditis elegans
- Development of Central Visceral Circuits
- Maternal Care as a Modulating Influence on Infant Development
- Mechanisms of Plasticity in the Development of Cortical Somatosensory Maps
- Cross-Modal Plasticity in the Mammalian Neocortex
- Factors Influencing Neocortical Development in the Normal and Injured Brain
- The Form and Function of Infant Sleep From Muscle to Neocortex
- Perinatal Gonadal Hormone Influences on Neurobehavioral Development
- Development of Ingestive Behavior The Influence of Context and Experience on Sensory Signals Modulating Intake
- Multilevel Development The Ontogeny of Individual and Group Behavior
- Ontogeny of Multiple Memory Systems Eyeblink Conditioning in Rodents and Humans
- Ontogeny of Fear Conditioning
- Developmental Neurobiology of Cerebellar Learning
- Developmental Neurobiology of Olfactory Preference and Avoidance Learning
- Development of the Hippocampal Memory System Creating Networks and Modifiable Synapses
- Development of Medial Temporal Lobe Memory Processes in Nonhuman Primates
- Episodic Memory Comparative and Developmental Issues
- Hormones and the Development of Communication-Related Social Behavior in Birds
- Development of Antipredator Behavior
- Comparative Perspectives on the Missing Link Communicative Pragmatics
- From Birds to Words Perception of Structure in Social Interactions Guides Vocal Development and Language Learning
- Relaxed Selection and the Role of Epigenesis in the Evolution of Language
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
The dynamic and contingent nature of development revealed by work in developmental biology, neuroscience, and developmental psychology has challenged the notion of genes as the primary cause of development and renewed interest in the nature of the relations between developmental and evolutionary processes. To situate this shift in thinking currently underway across the life sciences, this chapter provides an overview of the ideas used to explain the connection between development and evolution over the last several centuries. It critiques several of these enduring ideas in light of recent findings from developmental and evolutionary science, particularly the notions that instructions for building organisms reside in their genes, that genes are the exclusive vehicles by which these instructions are transmitted from one generation to the next, and that there is no meaningful feedback from the environment to the genes.
Keywords: genes, development, developmental processes, evolutionary processes, environment
Robert Lickliter, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Hunter Honeycutt, Department of Psychology, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA
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- [UNTITLED]
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Introduction A New Frontier for Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience
- The Value of Truly Comparative and Holistic Approaches in the Neurosciences
- Developmental Systems Theory
- Rethinking Epigenesis and Evolution in Light of Developmental Science
- Brain Development Genes, Epigenetic Events, and Maternal Environments
- Programmed Cell Death During Nervous System Development Mechanisms, Regulation, Functions, and Implications for Neurobehavioral Ontogeny
- Development of GABAergic Signaling From Molecules to Emerging Networks
- Neural Activity and Visual System Development
- Early Patterns of Electrical Activity in the Developing Cortex
- Experience in the Perinatal Development of Action Systems
- Development of Spinal Cord Locomotor Networks Controlling Limb Movements
- Development of Spinal Motor Networks Controlling Axial Movements
- Role of Spontaneous Movements in Imprinting an Action-based Body Representation in the Spinal Cord
- Development of Sound Localization Mechanisms
- Early Sensory Experience, Behavior, and Gene Expression in Caenorhabditis elegans
- Development of Central Visceral Circuits
- Maternal Care as a Modulating Influence on Infant Development
- Mechanisms of Plasticity in the Development of Cortical Somatosensory Maps
- Cross-Modal Plasticity in the Mammalian Neocortex
- Factors Influencing Neocortical Development in the Normal and Injured Brain
- The Form and Function of Infant Sleep From Muscle to Neocortex
- Perinatal Gonadal Hormone Influences on Neurobehavioral Development
- Development of Ingestive Behavior The Influence of Context and Experience on Sensory Signals Modulating Intake
- Multilevel Development The Ontogeny of Individual and Group Behavior
- Ontogeny of Multiple Memory Systems Eyeblink Conditioning in Rodents and Humans
- Ontogeny of Fear Conditioning
- Developmental Neurobiology of Cerebellar Learning
- Developmental Neurobiology of Olfactory Preference and Avoidance Learning
- Development of the Hippocampal Memory System Creating Networks and Modifiable Synapses
- Development of Medial Temporal Lobe Memory Processes in Nonhuman Primates
- Episodic Memory Comparative and Developmental Issues
- Hormones and the Development of Communication-Related Social Behavior in Birds
- Development of Antipredator Behavior
- Comparative Perspectives on the Missing Link Communicative Pragmatics
- From Birds to Words Perception of Structure in Social Interactions Guides Vocal Development and Language Learning
- Relaxed Selection and the Role of Epigenesis in the Evolution of Language
- Index
