Evolutionary Psychology of Spatial Representations in the Hominidae

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1736-1740

  Haun, Daniel B M ^a,b   Call, Josep ^c   Janzen, Gabriele ^a,b   Levinson, Stephen C ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOMINID; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

HOMINIDAE; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 33750620471     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.07.049     Document Type: Article

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