Social complexity influences brain investment and neural operation costs in ants

Social complexity influences brain investment and neural operation costs in ants

The metabolic expense of producing and operating neural tissue required for adaptive behaviour is considered a significant selective force in brain evolution. In primates, brain size correlates positively with group size, presumably owing to the greater cognitive demands of complex social relationsh...

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Main Authors: Kamhi, J. Frances, Gronenberg, Wulfila, Robson, Simon K. A., Traniello, James F. A.
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Dept Neurosci
Language:en
Published: ROYAL SOC 2016
Subjects:
metabolic cost
social brain evolution
polymorphism
collective intelligence
cytochrome oxidase
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/621590
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/621590

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