COMPARING BRAINS

被引：240

作者：

HARVEY, PH

KREBS, JR

机构：

[1] Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PS, South Parks Road

来源：

SCIENCE | 1990年 / 249卷 / 4965期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1126/science.2196673

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Some animals have larger brains than others, but it is not yet known why. Species differences in life-style, including dietary habits and patterns of development of the young, are associated with variation in brain weight, independently of the effects of body weight and evolutionary history. Taken together with behavioral and neuroanatomical analyses, these studies begin to suggest the evolutionary pressures that favor different sized brains and brain components.

引用

页码：140 / 146

页数：7

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