Neocortex size predicts deception rate in primates

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1549, 2004, Pages 1693-1699

  Byrne, Richard W ^a   Corp, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain size; Deception; Intelligence; Neocortex; Primate

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BRAIN; COGNITION; LEARNING; PRIMATE; SIZE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; INTELLIGENCE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SIMIAE;

EID: 4243131463     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2780     Document Type: Article

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