Riddell W I, Corl K G
Brain Behav Evol. 1977;14(6):385-98. doi: 10.1159/000125804.
Indices of cerebral development were computed for 23 different species in order to assess their capacity to accurately reflect differences in learning ability. The resulting correlations between index values and performance on a variety of tasks strongly suggest that this approach may offer the best type of continuum for the comparative study of learning. It was further suggested that if the index proposed by Jerison were expanded to reflect possible neuronal connections, a more powerful measure might be obtained.
为了评估23种不同物种准确反映学习能力差异的能力，计算了它们的大脑发育指标。指标值与各种任务表现之间的相关性结果有力地表明，这种方法可能为学习的比较研究提供最佳类型的连续统一体。进一步表明，如果将杰里森提出的指标加以扩展以反映可能的神经元连接，或许可以得到一种更有效的测量方法。
