Evolved to adapt: A computational approach to animal innovation and creativity

Current Zoology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 350-367

  Kolodny, Oren ^a,c   Edelman, Shimon ^b   Lotem, Arnon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal innovation; Behavioral evolution; Creativity; Evolution; Innovation; Learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84925395271     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/61.2.350     Document Type: Article

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