Overall Brain Size, and Not Encephalization Quotient, Best Predicts Cognitive Ability across Non-Human Primates
@article{Deaner2007OverallBS, title={Overall Brain Size, and Not Encephalization Quotient, Best Predicts Cognitive Ability across Non-Human Primates}, author={R. O. Deaner and K. Isler and Judith M Burkart and C. van Schaik}, journal={Brain, Behavior and Evolution}, year={2007}, volume={70}, pages={115 - 124} }
For over a century, various neuroanatomical measures have been employed as assays of cognitive ability in comparative studies. Nevertheless, it is still unclear whether these measures actually correspond to cognitive ability. A recent meta-analysis of cognitive performance of a broad set of primate species has made it possible to provide a quantitative estimate of general cognitive ability across primates. We find that this estimate is not strongly correlated with neuroanatomical measures that… Expand
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