High associative neuron numbers could drive cognitive performance in corvid species

As above, so below: Whole transcriptome profiling demonstrates strong molecular similarities between avian dorsal and ventral pallial subdivisions

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Avian pallial circuits and cognition: A comparison to mammals

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Sensory Systems in Birds: What We Have Learned from Studying Sensory Specialists.

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A comparative analysis of the dopaminergic innervation of the executive caudal nidopallium in pigeon, chicken, zebra finch, and carrion crow

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Genes, Cells and Brain Areas of Intelligence

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fMRI Reveals a Novel Region for Evaluating Acoustic Information for Mate Choice in a Female Songbird

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Diffusion markers of dendritic density and arborization in gray matter predict differences in intelligence

(2018) Erhan Genç et al.   Nature Communications

Divergence in problem-solving skills is associated with differential expression of glutamate receptors in wild finches

(2018) Jean-Nicolas Audet et al.   Science Advances

Parrot Genomes and the Evolution of Heightened Longevity and Cognition

(2018) Morgan Wirthlin et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Comparison of estimates of neuronal number obtained using the isotropic fractionator method and unbiased stereology in day old chicks ( Gallus domesticus )

(2017) Ayanda Ngwenya et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS

Creative cognition and dopaminergic modulation of fronto-striatal networks: Integrative review and research agenda

(2017) Nathalie Boot et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Ravens parallel great apes in flexible planning for tool-use and bartering

(2017) Can Kabadayi et al.   SCIENCE

Crows Rival Monkeys in Cognitive Capacity

(2017) Dmitry Balakhonov et al.   Scientific Reports

Relative Brain Size and Its Relation with the Associative Pallium in Birds

(2016) Ferran Sayol et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Multiple amygdaloid divisions of arcopallium send convergent projections to the nucleus accumbens and neighboring subpallial amygdala regions in the domestic chicken: a selective pathway tracing and reconstruction study

(2016) János Hanics et al.   Brain Structure & Function

Sensory and Working Memory Representations of Small and Large Numerosities in the Crow Endbrain

(2016) Helen M. Ditz et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Orthographic processing in pigeons (Columba livia)

(2016) Damian Scarf et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cortical cell and neuron density estimates in one chimpanzee hemisphere

(2016) Christine E. Collins et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

No relative expansion of the number of prefrontal neurons in primate and human evolution

(2016) Mariana Gabi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Birds have primate-like numbers of neurons in the forebrain

(2016) Seweryn Olkowicz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cognition without Cortex

(2016) Onur Güntürkün et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Ravens attribute visual access to unseen competitors

(2016) Thomas Bugnyar et al.   Nature Communications

Ravens, New Caledonian crows and jackdaws parallel great apes in motor self-regulation despite smaller brains

(2016) Can Kabadayi et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Mammalian Brains Are Made of These: A Dataset of the Numbers and Densities of Neuronal and Nonneuronal Cells in the Brain of Glires, Primates, Scandentia, Eulipotyphlans, Afrotherians and Artiodactyls, and Their Relationship with Body Mass

(2015) Suzana Herculano-Houzel et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Cross-Modal Associative Mnemonic Signals in Crow Endbrain Neurons

(2015) Felix W. Moll et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Connectivity and neurochemistry of the commissura anterior of the pigeon (Columba livia )

(2015) Sara Letzner et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Neuronal factors determining high intelligence

(2015) Ursula Dicke et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Neurons in the pigeon nidopallium caudolaterale signal the selection and execution of perceptual decisions

(2014) Daniel Lengersdorf et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Using the Aesop's Fable Paradigm to Investigate Causal Understanding of Water Displacement by New Caledonian Crows

(2014) Sarah A. Jelbert et al.   PLoS One

The elephant brain in numbers

(2014) Suzana Herculano-Houzel et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Three counting methods agree on cell and neuron number in chimpanzee primary visual cortex

(2014) Daniel J. Miller et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Brains, innovations, tools and cultural transmission in birds, non-human primates, and fossil hominins

(2013) Louis Lefebvre   Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

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

Validation of the isotropic fractionator: Comparison with unbiased stereology and DNA extraction for quantification of glial cells

(2013) Jami Bahney et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS

The evolution of episodic memory

(2013) T. A. Allen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Large-scale network organization in the avian forebrain: a connectivity matrix and theoretical analysis

(2013) Murray Shanahan et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

A 3-dimensional digital atlas of the ascending sensory and the descending motor systems in the pigeon brain

(2012) Onur Güntürkün et al.   Brain Structure & Function

Brain imaging reveals neuronal circuitry underlying the crow's perception of human faces

(2012) J. M. Marzluff et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The remarkable, yet not extraordinary, human brain as a scaled-up primate brain and its associated cost

(2012) S. Herculano-Houzel   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Corvids can decide if a future exchange is worth waiting for

(2011) V. Dufour et al.   Biology Letters

Afferent and efferent projections of the mesopallium in the pigeon (Columba livia)

(2011) Yasuro Atoji et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Differences between Neural Activity in Prefrontal Cortex and Striatum during Learning of Novel Abstract Categories

(2011) Evan G. Antzoulatos et al.   NEURON

Pigeons on Par with Primates in Numerical Competence

(2011) D. Scarf et al.   SCIENCE

Cellular Scaling Rules for the Brains of an Extended Number of Primate Species

(2010) Mariana Gabi et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Tool-Making New Caledonian Crows Have Large Associative Brain Areas

(2010) Julia Mehlhorn et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Auditory representations and memory in birdsong learning

(2010) Richard HR Hahnloser et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Asymmetry of different brain structures in homing pigeons with and without navigational experience

(2010) J. Mehlhorn et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Technical innovations drive the relationship between innovativeness and residual brain size in birds

(2009) Sarah E. Overington et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Rooks Use Stones to Raise the Water Level to Reach a Floating Worm

(2009) Christopher David Bird et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The human brain in numbers: a linearly scaled-up primate brain

(2009) Suzana Herculano-Houzel   Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Afferent and efferent projections of the central caudal nidopallium in the pigeon (Columba livia)

(2009) Yasuro Atoji et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Insightful problem solving and creative tool modification by captive nontool-using rooks

(2009) C. D. Bird et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Extraordinary large brains in tool-using New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides)

(2008) Julia Cnotka et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Mirror-Induced Behavior in the Magpie (Pica pica): Evidence of Self-Recognition

(2008) Helmut Prior et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY