The frontal feedback model of the evolution of the human mind: Part 1, the "pre"-human brain and the perception-action cycle

Journal of Mind and Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 247-274

  Noack, Raymond A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Frontal lobe; Neocortex

Indexed keywords

APE; ART; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FRONTAL LOBE; HOMINID; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MODEL; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIMATE; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 34547528283     PISSN: 02710137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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