Neuroimaging

These articles discuss key neuroimaging studies regarding the evolution of mind.

Hecht, E. E., Gutman, D. A., Khreisheh, N., Taylor, S. V., Kilner, J., Faisal, A. A., … & Stout, D. (2014). Acquisition of Paleolithic toolmaking abilities involves structural remodeling to inferior frontoparietal regions. Brain Structure and Function, 1-17.

Hecht, E. E., Murphy, L. E., Gutman D. A.,  Votaw, J. R., Schuster, D. M., Preuss, T. M., . . .  & Parr, L. A. (2013). Differences in neural activation for object-directed grasping in chimpanzees and humans. Journal of Neuroscience, 33, 14117–14134.

Orban, G. A., & Caruana, F. (2014). The neural basis of human tool use. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1-12.

Stout, D., & Chaminade, T. (2007). The evolutionary neuroscience of tool making. Neuropsychologia, 45, 1091-1100.

Stout, D., Passingham, R., Frith, C., Apel, J., & Chaminade, T. (2011). Technology, expertise and social cognition in human evolution. European Journal of Neuroscience, 33, 1328–1338.

Stout, D., Toth, N., Schick, K., Stout, J., & Hutchins, G. (2000). Stone tool-making and brain activation: Position emission tomography (PET) studies. Journal of Archaeological Science, 27, 1215-1223.