Embracing covariation in brain evolution. Large brains, extended development, and flexible primate social systems.

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 195, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-87

  Charvet, Christine J ^a   Finlay, Barbara L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Evolution; Primate; Social; Variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; COGNITION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIETY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84855500482     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53860-4.00004-0     Document Type: Chapter

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