I am looking for recent papers that focus on the relation between the development of vision (and other sensory perception) and the evolution of the brain?
Papers describing evolving complexity of the visual system and brain development have been described in species ranging from arthropods Homberg, U. (2008). Evolution of the central complex in the arthropod brain with respect to the visual system. Arthropod structure & development, 37(5), 347-362. (also see Harzsch, S., Benton, J., Dawirs, R. R., & Beltz, B. (1999). A new look at embryonic development of the visual system in decapod crustaceans: neuropil formation, neurogenesis, and apoptotic cell death. Journal of neurobiology, 39(2), 294.)
To primates (this “classic” older paper describes the expansion of the parvocellular visual pathway as it relates to brain and other “ecological variables”): Barton, R. A. (1998). Visual specialization and brain evolution in primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 265(1409), 1933-1937.
There are a number of papers that have examined avian brain size and the visual system see Garamszegi, L. Z., Møller, A. P., & Erritzøe, J. (2002). Coevolving avian eye size and brain size in relation to prey capture and nocturnality. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 269(1494), 961-967.
I do not know about other sensory systems as well but you might find this chapter on the auditory system interesting: Rubel, E. W. (1978). Ontogeny of structure and function in the vertebrate auditory system. In Development of sensory systems (pp. 135-237). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Finally I draw your attention to general brain/evolution development and epigenetics Krubitzer, L., & Stolzenberg, D. S. (2014). The evolutionary masquerade: genetic and epigenetic contributions to the neocortex. Current opinion in neurobiology, 24, 157-165.
Papers describing evolving complexity of the visual system and brain development have been described in species ranging from arthropods Homberg, U. (2008). Evolution of the central complex in the arthropod brain with respect to the visual system. Arthropod structure & development, 37(5), 347-362. (also see Harzsch, S., Benton, J., Dawirs, R. R., & Beltz, B. (1999). A new look at embryonic development of the visual system in decapod crustaceans: neuropil formation, neurogenesis, and apoptotic cell death. Journal of neurobiology, 39(2), 294.)
To primates (this “classic” older paper describes the expansion of the parvocellular visual pathway as it relates to brain and other “ecological variables”): Barton, R. A. (1998). Visual specialization and brain evolution in primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 265(1409), 1933-1937.
There are a number of papers that have examined avian brain size and the visual system see Garamszegi, L. Z., Møller, A. P., & Erritzøe, J. (2002). Coevolving avian eye size and brain size in relation to prey capture and nocturnality. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 269(1494), 961-967.
I do not know about other sensory systems as well but you might find this chapter on the auditory system interesting: Rubel, E. W. (1978). Ontogeny of structure and function in the vertebrate auditory system. In Development of sensory systems (pp. 135-237). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Finally I draw your attention to general brain/evolution development and epigenetics Krubitzer, L., & Stolzenberg, D. S. (2014). The evolutionary masquerade: genetic and epigenetic contributions to the neocortex. Current opinion in neurobiology, 24, 157-165.
Dear André:
The first section of a bibliography I put together for my graduate students in the arts has references to the evolution of the body (including, of course, the brain), vision, language, and aesthetic creation. You may find some of the work registered there of interest.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280949470_Art_in_the_embodied_mind_a_bibliography_%28updated_August_14_2015%29
Data Art in the embodied mind: a bibliography (updated August 14, 2015)
Andre,
David (above) has opened this question up through debate on RG via related questioning and the area is actually evolving itself, largely because so little is actually known about the phenomenon of perception and how it manifests! Without this its difficult to understand how progress with respect to the system's evolutions could be made?
As a visual artist I study vision as vision on an experiential basis and then attempt to see how this relates to what science has uncovered about visual process and vision via psychophysical investigation.
There are significant 'hits and misses' that should be resolved and this would inform the debate with respect to perceptual evolution?
Attached is a list of presentations and there are a few 'papers' on my page that are more an attempt to join dots than establish veridical outcome. I guess that' what artists are good at….joining dots to form outlines!
pacentre.org for more info
Best - J
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