When brains expand: Mind and the evolution of cortex

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 139-148

  Kirkcaldie, Matthew T K ^a   Kitchener, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Cognition; Neuroanatomy; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEOCORTEX; NEUROSCIENCE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PRIMATE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

EID: 34250223418     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2007.00204.x     Document Type: Review

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