TY - JOUR
T1 - Complex brains allow functioning in a complex environment by using information
AU - Turner, Cameron Rouse
AU - Morgan, Thomas J.H.
AU - Griffiths, Thomas L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2025/11/3
Y1 - 2025/11/3
N2 - Collating the neural traits possessed by taxa provides valuable evidence about brain evolution. However, to get the full scientific benefit, we must pair it with an understanding of the selection pressures driving brain complexity. This can be achieved by considering the heterogeneity of the animal’s environment alongside the reliability of information. A complex environment selects for a complex brain.
AB - Collating the neural traits possessed by taxa provides valuable evidence about brain evolution. However, to get the full scientific benefit, we must pair it with an understanding of the selection pressures driving brain complexity. This can be achieved by considering the heterogeneity of the animal’s environment alongside the reliability of information. A complex environment selects for a complex brain.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X25100782
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X25100782
M3 - Review article
C2 - 41178628
AN - SCOPUS:105020775276
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 48
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
M1 - e96
ER -