Origins of spatial, temporal and numerical cognition: Insights from comparative psychology

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 552-560

  Haun, Daniel B M ^a,b,c   Jordan, Fiona M ^b   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^d   Clayton, Nicky S ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^e UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL SPECIES; COGNITIVE ABILITY; COGNITIVE TRAITS; COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY; GREAT APES; HUMAN COGNITION; HUMAN MIND; NUMERICAL COGNITION; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ALTRICIAL SPECIES; ANIMAL MODEL; APE; BIRTH; CHICK; COEVOLUTION; COGNITION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRECOCIAL SPECIES; REVIEW; SPACE; SPECIES; TIME;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PSYCHOLOGY, COMPARATIVE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 78649447311     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2010.09.006     Document Type: Review

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