An exploration of the social brain hypothesis in insects

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 NOV, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lihoreau, Mathieu ^a   Latty, Tanya ^a   Chittka, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Insects; Mushroom bodies; Social brain hypothesis; Sociality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870941119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00442     Document Type: Article

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