Volumetric and lateralized differences in selected brain regions of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 988-997

  Hopkins, William D ^a,b   Lyn, Heidi ^a   Cantalupo, Claudio ^c  

^a Department of Psychology   (Georgia)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonobos; Brain evolution; Chimpanzees; Cognition; Laterality

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ANATOMY; BRAIN; COGNITION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIMATE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; VOLUME;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; ORGAN SIZE; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 70350405326     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20741     Document Type: Article

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