Cognitive adaptations for gathering-related navigation in humans

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Krasnow, Max M ^a   Truxaw, Danielle ^a   Gaulin, Steven J C ^a   New, Joshua ^b   Ozono, Hiroki ^c   Uono, Shota ^c   Ueno, Taiji ^d   Minemoto, Kazusa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domain specificity; Gathering; Navigation; Sex differences; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649944500     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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