Convergent evolution of complex brains and high intelligence

Convergent transcriptional specializations in the brains of humans and song-learning birds

(2014) A. R. Pfenning et al.   SCIENCE

Molecular profiling of the developing avian telencephalon: Regional timing and brain subdivision continuities

(2013) Chun-Chun Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Global view of the functional molecular organization of the avian cerebrum: Mirror images and functional columns

(2013) Erich D. Jarvis et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Questioning the interpretations of behavioral observations of cetaceans: Is there really support for a special intellectual status for this mammalian order?

(2013) P.R. Manger   NEUROSCIENCE

On the flexibility of lizards' cognition: a comment on Leal & Powell (2011)

(2011) M. Vasconcelos et al.   Biology Letters

Behavioural flexibility and problem-solving in a tropical lizard

(2011) M. Leal et al.   Biology Letters

Can lemurs (Eulemur fulvus and E. macaco) use abstract representations of quantities to master the reverse-reward contingency task?

(2011) Emilie Genty et al.   PRIMATES

Evidence for social learning in wild lemurs (Lemur catta)

(2010) R. L. Kendal et al.   LEARNING & BEHAVIOR

Knower-guesser differentiation in ravens: others' viewpoints matter

(2010) T. Bugnyar   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Parasitoidism, not sociality, is associated with the evolution of elaborate mushroom bodies in the brains of hymenopteran insects

(2010) S. M. Farris et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Chimpanzee Technology

(2010) W. C. McGrew   SCIENCE

On the Independent Origins of Complex Brains and Neurons

(2009) Leonid L. Moroz   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Selection of Effective Stone Tools by Wild Bearded Capuchin Monkeys

(2009) Elisabetta Visalberghi et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Flexible and Persistent Tool-using Strategies in Honey-gathering by Wild Chimpanzees

(2009) Crickette M. Sanz et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Quantity judgments of sequentially presented food items by capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

(2008) Theodore A. Evans et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and orangutan (Pongo abelii) forethought: self-control and pre-experience in the face of future tool use

(2008) Mathias Osvath et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Gene Duplication, Co-Option and Recruitment during the Origin of the Vertebrate Brain from the Invertebrate Chordate Brain

(2008) Linda Z. Holland et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

The Octopus Vertical Lobe Modulates Short-Term Learning Rate and Uses LTP to Acquire Long-Term Memory

(2008) Tal Shomrat et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Do New Caledonian crows solve physical problems through causal reasoning?

(2008) A.H Taylor et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES