Towards a bottom-up perspective on animal and human cognition

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 201-207

  de Waal, Frans B M ^a   Ferrari, Pier Francesco ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY;

ALL OR NOTHINGS; BASIC BUILDING BLOCK; BOTTOM UP; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUTURE PLANNING; HUMAN COGNITION; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; THEORY OF MINDS;

ANIMALS;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPATHY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; IMITATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS;

EID: 77956215885     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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