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ReviewPsychonomic bulletin & review2014

Reducing the neural search space for hominid cognition: what distinguishes human and great ape brains from those of small apes?

David Butler, Thomas Suddendorf

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Review in Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. A neuroanatomical predictor of mirror self-recognition in chimpanzees.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David ButlerSchool of Psychology (McElwain Building), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia, davidbut@psy.uq.edu.au.
Thomas Suddendorf
University of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Differences in the psychological capacities of closely related species are likely due to differences in their brains. Here, we review neuroanatomical comparisons between hominids (i.e., great apes and humans) and their closest living relatives, the hylobatids (i.e., small apes). We report the differences in quantitative, as well as qualitative, neural characteristics on the basis of 19 comparative studies that each included representatives of all hominid genera and at least one genus of hylobatid. The current data are patchy, based on a small number of hylobatids and few neuroanatomical features. Yet a systematic interspecies comparison could help reduce the neuroanatomical search space for the neural correlates underlying psychological abilities restricted to hominids. We illustrate the potential power of this approach by discussing the neural features of visual self-recognition.

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AnimalsBrainCognitionHominidaeHumansHylobatidae

Identifiers

PMID24481882
OpenAlexW2030382317

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