Did consciousness evolve from self-paced probing of the environment, and not from reflexes?

Brain and Mind

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 283-298

  Cotterill, Rodney M J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Creativity; Evolution; Intelligence; Mind; Novel reflexes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAMMAL; MICROORGANISM; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034433817     PISSN: 13891987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010016322550     Document Type: Article

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