Large-Scale Network Organisation in the Avian Forebrain: A Connectivity Matrix and Theoretical Analysis

Many species of birds, including pigeons, possess demonstrable cognitive capacities, and some are capable of cognitive feats matching those of apes. Since mammalian cortex is laminar while the avian telencephalon is nucleated, it is natural to ask whether the brains of these two cognitively capable...

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Main Authors: Murray eShanahan, Verner P Bingman, Toru eShimizu, Martin eWild, Onur eGüntürkün
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncom.2013.00089/full