Evolution of Complex Behavior, Perception, Cognition, Consciousness & the Brain | Paul Cisek | #107

Send us a textNick talks to Dr. Paul Cisek, a neuroscientist at the University of Montreal who studies sensorimotor control & decision making in primates. They discuss: the evolution of the brain from the earliest nervous systems to humans; metabolism & state control; the evolution of behavior; sensation, perception, cognition, decision making & consciousness; language & representation; why neuroscience needs evolutionary thinking; and more.Support the showAll episodes (audio ...