Evolution of the brain and intelligence in primates

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 195, Issue , 2012, Pages 413-430

  Roth, Gerhard ^a   Dicke, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain size; Brain body relationship; Cortex size; Cortical neuron number; Information processing capacity; Unique brain properties

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN SIZE; EVOLUTION; GAZE; IMITATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; INTERNEURON; LANGUAGE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL LEARNING; SYNAPSE; THEORY OF MIND; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84855482127     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53860-4.00020-9     Document Type: Chapter

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