The relationship between play, brain growth and behavioural flexibility in primates

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 90, Issue , 2014, Pages 281-286

  Montgomery, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural flexibility; Brain development; Cognition; Learning; Play

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN; COGNITION; DATA SET; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATURATION; PLAY; PRIMATE;

EID: 84896038249     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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