Scientific Papers - 2003

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2003

Barton, R. A., Aggleton, J. P. and Grenyer, R. (2003)
Evolutionary coherence of the mammalian amygdala.
Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B, 270: 539-543.
Open-access article

Keywords: Amygdala; brain evolution; primates; insectivores.

Bekoff, M. (2003)
Minding Animals, Minding Earth: Old Brains, New Bottlenecks.
Zygon, 38 (4): 911-941.

Keywords: Animal cognition; animal emotions; animal play; cooperation; deep ethology; fairness; forgiveness; minding animals; nature's wisdom; social morality.

Crick, F. and Koch, C. (2003)
A framework for consciousness.
Nature Neuroscience, 6 (2): 119-126.

Keywords: Consciousness; cellular assemblies.

Hunt,G. and Gray, R. (2004)
The crafting of hook tools by wild New Caledonian crows.
Proc. R. Soc. B, 271: S88-S90.
Open-access article

Keywords: Crafting tools; hooks; tool manufacture; goal directedness; cognition.

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