The human frontal lobes: Not relatively large but still disproportionately important A commentary on barton and venditti

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 147-149

  Montgomery, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COGNITION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; NERVE NET; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84888210108     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354157     Document Type: Review

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