Evolution of the human brain: When bigger is better

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Hofman, Michel A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Cerebral cortex; Cortical design; Human neocortex; Information processing; Intelligence; Neural networks; Primates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTOME; DENDRITE; EVOLUTION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; MAMMAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84897080492     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00015     Document Type: Article

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