Explaining brain size variation: From social to cultural brain

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 277-284

  van Schaik, Carel P ^a   Isler, Karin ^a   Burkart, Judith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TISSUE; COGNITIVE SKILL; HIGH COSTS; SIZE VARIATION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS;

MAMMALS;

BRAIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BODY GROWTH; BODY SIZE; BRAIN SIZE; CALORIC INTAKE; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY COST; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE; LIFE HISTORY; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL LEARNING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; CULTURE; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84860357814     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.04.004     Document Type: Review

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