Reconsidering the evolution of brain, cognition, and behavior in birds and mammals

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Willemet, Romain ^a  

^a Unaffiliated   (France)

Author keywords

Allometry; Behavior; Brain evolution; Cerebrotypes; Cognition; General intelligence; Mentality; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885333469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00396     Document Type: Review

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