Monkeys - A great asset to reveal human cognitive functions

NeuroReport

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 2167-2168

  Gulyás, Balázs ^a,b   Szathmáry, Eörs ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MENTAL CAPACITY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; HAPLORHINI; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037016143     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200212030-00001     Document Type: Short Survey

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