In recent years, there have been over 50 comparative analyses carried out in which social or
ecological variables have been used to explain variation in whole brain size, or a part …

▪ Abstract This review focuses on five key evolutionary issues pertaining to animal cognition,
defined as the neuronal processes concerned with the acquisition, retention, and use of …

Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) offers the opportunity to
delineate individual-specific brain networks. A major question is whether individual-specific …

Is there a universal hierarchy of the senses, such that some senses (eg, vision) are more
accessible to consciousness and linguistic description than others (eg, smell)? The long …

Conventional wisdom over the past 160 years in the cognitive and neurosciences has
assumed that brains evolved to process factual information about the world. Most attention …

Capuchin monkeys in the genus Cebus are one of the most widely distributed genera of
primates in Central and South America. They have captivated the imaginations of scientists …

The mammalian brain comprises a number of functionally distinct systems. It might therefore
be expected that natural selection on particular behavioural capacities would have caused …

Comparative studies have identified a wide range of behavioural and ecological correlates
of relative brain size, with results differing between taxonomic groups, and even within them …

Current hypotheses that use visually guided reaching and grasping to explain orbital
convergence, visual specialization, and brain expansion in primates are open to question …

How does evolution grow bigger brains? It has been widely assumed that growth of
individual structures and functional systems in response to niche-specific cognitive …