Initiation of joint attention is associated with morphometric variation in the anterior cingulate cortex of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 441-449

  Hopkins, William D ^a,b   Taglialatela, Jared P ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Communication; Joint attention

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; CONNECTIVITY; HOMINID; LANGUAGE; MORPHOMETRY; NEUROLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84875661729     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22120     Document Type: Article

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