How can we study the evolution of animal minds?

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue MAR, 2016, Pages

  Cauchoix, Maxime ^a   Chaine, Alexis S ^a,b  

^a Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Brood parasites; Cognitive ecology; Fitness cost; Heredity; Individual differences; Natural selection; Path analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963638674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00358     Document Type: Review

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