TY - JOUR
T1 - Ingredients for understanding brain and behavioral evolution: ecology, phylogeny, and mechanism.
AU - Montgomery, Stephen H
AU - Currie, A
AU - Lukas, Dieter
AU - Boogert, Neeltje
AU - Buskell, Andrew
AU - Cross, Fiona R.
AU - Jelbert, Sarah A
AU - Avin, Shahar
AU - Navarrete, Ana F.
AU - Shigeno, Shuichi
AU - Logan, Corina J.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Uncovering the neural correlates and evolutionary drivers of behavioral and cognitive traits has been held back by traditional perspectives on which correlations to look for—in particular, anthropocentric conceptions of cognition and coarse-grained brain measurements. We welcome our colleagues’ comments on our overview of the field and their suggestions for how to move forward. Here, we counter, clarify, and extend some points, focusing on the merits of looking for the “best” predictor of cognitive ability, the sources and meaning of “noise,” and the ways in which we can deduce and test meaningful conclusions from comparative analyses of complex traits.
AB - Uncovering the neural correlates and evolutionary drivers of behavioral and cognitive traits has been held back by traditional perspectives on which correlations to look for—in particular, anthropocentric conceptions of cognition and coarse-grained brain measurements. We welcome our colleagues’ comments on our overview of the field and their suggestions for how to move forward. Here, we counter, clarify, and extend some points, focusing on the merits of looking for the “best” predictor of cognitive ability, the sources and meaning of “noise,” and the ways in which we can deduce and test meaningful conclusions from comparative analyses of complex traits.
M3 - Review article (Academic Journal)
VL - 13
SP - 99
EP - 104
JO - Comparative Cognition and Behavior Reviews
JF - Comparative Cognition and Behavior Reviews
SN - 1911-4745
ER -