Cerebellum and human evolution: A comparative and information theory perspective

Handbook of the Cerebellum and Cerebellar Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1337-1358

  Huang, C ^a   Ricklefs, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1333-8_59     Document Type: Chapter

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