The mind through chick eyes: Memory, cognition and anticipation

Zoological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 395-408

  Matsushima, Toshiya ^a   Izawa, Ei Ichi ^a,b   Aoki, Naoya ^a   Yanagihara, Shin ^a,b,c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Evolution; Limbic system; Optimal foraging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIRD; BRAIN; COGNITION; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; COGNITION; MEMORY; PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038613122     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.395     Document Type: Review

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