What can volumes reveal about human brain evolution? A framework for bridging behavioral, histometric, and volumetric perspectives

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 8, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  de Sousa, Alexandra A ^a   Proulx, Michael J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Brain volume; Cognitive evolution; Histology; Illusions; Primates; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN EVOLUTION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ILLUSION;

EID: 84910142438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00051     Document Type: Article

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