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Bibliography book "The Evolution of Learning"

Biological foundations - INTRODUCTION

Gould, Stephen Jay (2010). Ontogeny and Phylogeny: The fundamental biogenetic law. Barcelona: Criticism.

Margulis, Lynn (2002). Symbiotic planet. A new point of view on evolution. Madrid: Debate.

Maynar Smith, J. and Szathmáry, E. (2001). Eight milestones of evolution: from the origin of life to the birth of language. Barcelona: Tusquets.

Reeves, H., De Rosnay, J., Coppens, Y., Simonnet, D. (2006). The most beautiful story in the world: The secrets of our origins. Barcelona: Anagram.

Sagan, Carl (2009). Cosmos. Barcelona: Planet

VV.AA (2017). Big history: A journey from the origin of time to the digital revolution. Spain: DK Editorial
Biological foundations — EXPERIENCE

Dehaene, Stanislas (2019). How do we learn? The four pillars with which education can enhance the talents of our brain. Buenos Aires: Twenty-first Century Argentina.

Howard-Jones, Paul (2018). Evolution of the learning brain. New York: Routledge

Kandel, Eric (2007). Looking for the memory. The birth of a new science of the mind. Buenos Aires: Katz.

LeDoux, Joseph (2003). Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become who We are. New York: Penguin Books.

LeDoux, Joseph (2021). A natural history of humanity. The exciting journey of life until it reaches our conscious brain. Barcelona: Paidós.

Varela, F., Thompson, E., Rosch, E (1997). Of present body. Cognitive science and human experience. Barcelona: Gedisa.
Biological foundations — IMITATE

Allman, John (2003). The evolving brain. Barcelona: Ariel.

Behncke, Rolf (2021). Evolution illuminating. (Unpublished book, not published).

Damasio, Antonio (2000). Feeling what happens: Body and emotion in the factory of consciousness. Santiago: Andrés Bello.

Rizzolatti, G. and Singaglia, C. (2006). Mirror neurons: the mechanisms of emotional empathy. Barcelona: Paidós, 2006.

Sapolsky, Robert (2015). Memoirs of a primate. The unconventional life of a neuroscientist among baboons. Madrid: Captain Swing.
Biological Fundamentals — PLAY

Beatson, P. and Martin, P. (2013). Play, playfulness, creativity and innovation. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Behncke, Ragnar (2017). 1, 2, 3 for me and all my colleagues. Santiago: Ministry of Education.

Goodall, Jane (1994). Through the window. Thirty years studying chimpanzees. Barcelona: Salvat.

Maturana H. and Verden-Zöller, G. (2003). Love and Play: forgotten foundations of humanity. Santiago: J.C. Sáez Editor.

Pellegrini, A. and Smith, P. (Eds.) (2005). The nature of play: great apes and humans. New York: The Guilford Press.

Whitebread, D., Neale, D., Jensen, H., Liu, C., Solis, S.L., Hopkins, E., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Zosh, J.M. (2017). The role of play in the development of girls and boys: a summary of the evidence (technical report). The LEGO Foundation, DK.
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