Evolution of human intelligence: The roles of brain size and mental construction

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 10-20

  Gibson, Kathleen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Intelligence; Language; Mammal brain size; Mental construction; Motor skills; Primate

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; PRIMATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PAN (APE); PRIMATES;

EID: 0036311723     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063730     Document Type: Conference Paper

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