Cetaceans have complex brains for complex cognition.

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Published in PLoS Biol on May 01, 2007

Authors

Lori Marino1, Richard C Connor, R Ewan Fordyce, Louis M Herman, Patrick R Hof, Louis Lefebvre, David Lusseau, Brenda McCowan, Esther A Nimchinsky, Adam A Pack, Luke Rendell, Joy S Reidenberg, Diana Reiss, Mark D Uhen, Estel Van der Gucht, Hal Whitehead

Author Affiliations

1: Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology Program, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. lmarino@emory.edu

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