Dominance hierarchies and the evolution of human reasoning

Minds and Machines

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 463-480

  Cummins, Denise Dellarosa ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deontic reasoning; Dominance hierarchy; Evolution; Human reasoning; Neocortical ratio; Non human primates; Transitive reasoning

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

DOMINANCE HIERARCHIES; ETHOLOGY; HUMAN REASONING; PRIMATE REASONING; TRANSITIVE REASONING;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030289095     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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