Tools for thought or thoughts for tools?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 10071-10072

  Kacelnik, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; MOTIVATION; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CROWS; EVOLUTION; INTELLIGENCE; MOTIVATION; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67649861365     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0904735106     Document Type: Note

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