A critique of the neuroecology of learning and memory

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 426-433

  Bolhuis, Johan J ^a,b   Macphail, Euan M ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ECOLOGY; FOOD STORAGE; NEUROLOGY;

MEMORY CAPACITY;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; EVOLUTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MAMMAL; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGING; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0035481938     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(00)01753-8     Document Type: Review

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