Information processing in miniature brains

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1707, 2011, Pages 885-888

  Chittka, L ^a   Skorupski, P ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cognition; Ecology; Evolution; Invertebrate; Nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BRAIN; COGNITION; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RESEARCH WORK; SELECTION; UNDERPINNING; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952341328     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2699     Document Type: Conference Paper

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