Human exceptionalism

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 199-201

  Finlay, Barbara L ^a   Workman, Alan D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRICS; HUMAN BRAIN; HUMAN COGNITION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN SIZE; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; COGNITION; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHORT SURVEY; SYNAPTOGENESIS; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS;

EID: 84876861239     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2013.03.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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