evolution of nervous systems

Evolutionary neuroscience is an interdisciplinary scientific research field that studies the evolution of nervous systems.

Studies on present-day cnidarians may shed light on the evolution of nervous systems.

His research interests are in long-term investigations of artificial evolution of nervous systems for robots, with emphasis on:

The evolution of nervous systems dates back to the first development of nervous systems in animals (or metazoans).

From this comparative psychological approach one can begin, however, to draw some conclusions about the evolution of nervous systems, of brains, behaviour and eventually of memory.

In one influential review he wrote, "Comparative neuroscience is likely to reach insights so novel as to constitute revolutions in understanding the structure, functions, ontogeny, and evolution of nervous systems.