Evolution of the brain and intelligence

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 250-257

  Roth, Gerhard ^a,b   Dicke, Ursula ^b  

^a Hanse Institute for Advanced Study   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA PROCESSING; NEUROLOGY;

CONDUCTION VELOCITY; CORTICAL NEURONS; INTELLIGENCE; VERTEBRATES;

BRAIN;

APE; BRAIN; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN SIZE; CETACEA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELEPHANT; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONKEY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; WHALE;

EID: 18144382265     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2005.03.005     Document Type: Review

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