Embodied cognitive evolution and the cerebellum

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1599, 2012, Pages 2097-2107

  Barton, Robert A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Cerebellum; Cognition; Evolution; Language; Neocortex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LANGUAGE; NEUROLOGY; PRIMATE; SPECIALIZATION; TOOL USE;

EID: 84863460306     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0112     Document Type: Article

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