What determines evolutionary brain growth?

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Aboitiz, F [1 ]
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[1] Univ Chile, Fac Med, ICBM, Morphol Program, Santiago, Chile
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10.1017/S0140525X01223954
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B84 [心理学];
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Finlay et al. address the importance of developmental constraints in brain size evolution. I discuss some aspects, of this view such as the relation of brain size with processing capacity. In particular, I argue that in human evolution there must have been specific selection for increased processing capacity, and as a consequence for increased brain size.
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