A framework for the study of behavior

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 105-113

  Hogan, Jerry A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavior systems; Relation of cause and function; Tinbergen's questions

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERCEPTION; PHYLOGENY; THINKING; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BIOBEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAUSALITY; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84938746094     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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