The evolution of self-control

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 20, 2014, Pages

  MacLean, Evan L ^a   Hare, Brian ^a,b   Nun, Charles L ^a   Addess, Elsa ^c   Amic, Federica ^d   Anderson, Rindy C ^e   Aureli, Filippo ^f,g   Baker, Joseph M ^h   Bania, Amanda E ⁱ   Barnard, Allison M ^j   Boogert, Neeltje J ^k   Brannon, Elizabeth M ^b,k   Bray, Emily E ^m   Bray, Joel ^a   Brent, Lauren J N ^b,n   Burkart, Judith M ^o   Call, Josep ^d   Cantlo, Jessica F ^j   Chek, Lucy G ^ab   Clayton, Nicola S ^p   Delgado, Mikel M ^j   DiVincenti, Louis J ^q   Fujita, Kazuo ^r   Herrman, Esther ^d   Hiramatsu, Chihiro ^r   Jacobs, Lucia F ^j,s   Jordan, Kerry E ^t   Laude, Jennifer R ^l   Leimgruber, Kristin L ^v   Messer, Emily J E ^k   De A Mour, Antonio C ^w   Ostojic, Ljerka ^p   Picard, Alejandra ^x   Platt, Michael L ^a,b,n,y   Plotnik, Joshua M ^p,z   Range, Friederike ^ac,af   Reader, Simon M ^ad   Reddy, Rachna B ^ae   Sandel, Aaron A ^ae   Santos, Laurie R ^v   Schuman, Katrin ^d   See, Amanda M ^h   Sewal, Kendra B ^e   Sha, Rachael C ^p   Slocomb, Katie E ^x   Su, Yanjie ^ae   Takimot, Ayaka ^r   Tan, Jingzhi ^a   Tao, Ruoting ^k   Van Schai, Carel P ^o   Virányi, Zsófia ^aa   Visalberghi, Elisabetta ^c   Wad, Jordan C ^u   Watanab, Arii ^p   Widnes, Jane ^v   Young, Julie K ^af   Zental, Thomas R ^u   Zhao, Yini ^ae   more..

^a Departments of Evolutionary Anthropology   (United States)

^b Center for Cognitive Neuroscience   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^g LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j Center for Animal Care Sciences Smithsonian National Zoological Park ^*  (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^l Psychology and Neuroscience   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁿ DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^r KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^s UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^t Psychology Department   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^v YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^x UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^y Departments of Neurobiology   (United States)

^z Think Elephants International   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^ab Wolf Science Center   (Austria)

^ac MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^ae PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^af UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CONTROL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE METHODS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; INHIBITORY CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIET; HUMANS; LEARNING; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84901016252     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1323533111     Document Type: Article

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