Measuring variation in cognition

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1287-1292

  Rowe, Candy ^a   Healy, Susan D ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognition; evolution; individual differences; innovation; motivation; problem solving

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COGNITION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 84912088691     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru090     Document Type: Review

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