Biology 202 |
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We believe that names have a powerful influence on the experiments we do and the way in which we think. For this reason, and in the light of new evidence about the function and evolution of the vertebrate brain, an international consortium of neuroscientists has reconsidered the traditional, 100-year-old terminology that is used to describe the avian cerebrum ... Avian Brain Nomenclature Association
Finer grain organization of mammalian "neocortex" |
Minds of Their Own: Birds Gain Respect, NY Times, Science Times, 1 February 2005
"Birdbrain" No Longer Means "Stupid" Asserts Scientific Consortium, dukehealth.org, 31 January 2004
Avian Brains and a New Understanding of Vertebrate Brain Evolution, Nature Reviews Neuroscience 6: 151-159
The brain, from an avian perspective
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