Differences between chimpanzees and bonobos in neural systems supporting social cognition

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 369-379

  Rilling, James K ^a,b   Scholz, Jan ^c   Preuss, Todd M ^a   Glasser, Matthew F ^d   Errangi, Bhargav K ^b   Behrens, Timothy E ^c,e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bonobo; Brain; Chimpanzee; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CADAVER; COGNITION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84859879065     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr017     Document Type: Article

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