?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Evolution+of+cognitive+function+via+redeployment+of+brain+areas&rft.creator=Anderson%2C+Prof.+Michael+L.&rft.subject=Brain+Imaging&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=The+creative+re-use+of+existing+cognitive+capacities+may+have+played+a+significant+role+in+the+evolutionary+development+of+the+brain.+There+are+obvious+evolutionary+advantages+to+such+redeployment%2C+and+the+data+presented+here+confirm+three+important+empirical+predictions+of+this+account+of+the+development+of+cognition%3A+(1)+a+typical+brain+area+will+be+utilized+by+many+cognitive+functions+in+diverse+task+categories%2C+(2)+evolutionarily+older+brain+areas+will+be+deployed+in+more+cognitive+functions+and+(3)+more+recent+cognitive+functions+will+utilize+more%2C+and+more+widely+scattered+brain+areas.+These+findings+have+implications+not+just+for+our+understanding+of+the+evolutionary+origins+of+cognitive+function%2C+but+also+for+the+practice+of+both+clinical+and+experimental+neuroscience.+&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5017%2F1%2Fanderson-evol-neuro.pdf&rft.identifier=++Anderson%2C+Prof.+Michael+L.++(2006)+Evolution+of+cognitive+function+via+redeployment+of+brain+areas.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5017%2F