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Terrence Deacon. Terrence William Deacon (born 1950) is an American neuroanthropologist (Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology, Harvard University 1984). He taught at Harvard for eight years, relocated to Boston University in 1992, and is currently Professor of Anthropology and member of the Cognitive Science Faculty at the University of California ...
Research. Professor Deacon's research has combined human evolutionary biology and neuroscience, with the aim of investigating the evolution of human cognition. His work extends from laboratory-based cellular-molecular neurobiology to the study of semiotic processes underlying animal and human communication, especially language.
Terrence Deacon is a neuroscientist and anthropologist who explores the co-evolution of language and the brain. His book The Symbolic Species challenges the computer metaphor of the brain and the evolutionary origins of human consciousness.
2009. Transplanted xenogeneic neural cells in neurodegenerative disease models exhibit remarkable axonal target specificity and distinct growth patterns of glial and axonal fibres. O Isacson, TW Deacon, P Pakzaban, WR Galpern, J Dinsmore, LH Burns. Nature medicine 1 (11), 1189-1194.
Terrence Deacon is a professor of neuroscience and anthropology at UC Berkeley. He studies the evolution of human cognition, the coevolution of language and the brain, and the emergence of mind from matter.
Dec 15, 2023 · The Return of Teleology: A Primer on Terrence Deacon's Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter. Henry Staten. symploke. University of Nebraska Press. Volume 31, Numbers 1-2, 2023. pp. 311-338. 10.1353/sym.2023.a914666. Article. View Citation.
Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter. Terrence W. Deacon. As physicists work toward completing a theory of the Universe and biologists unravel the molecular complexity of life, a glaring incompleteness in this scientific vision becomes apparent.
