The adaptive nature of the human neurocognitive architecture: An alternative model

Peggy La Cerra; Roger Bingham

doi:10.1073/pnas.95.19.11290

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Communicated by George C. Williams, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY (received for review March 18, 1998)

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vol. 95 no. 19 11290-11294

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.95.19.11290

PubMed:

9736729

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National Academy of Sciences

Print ISSN:

0027-8424

Online ISSN:

1091-6490

History:

Received March 18, 1998
Accepted July 9, 1998
Published September 15, 1998.

Author Information

Peggy La Cerra* and
Roger Bingham†‡

^*1333 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; and ^†Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125

Communicated by George C. Williams, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY (received for review March 18, 1998)

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↵‡ To whom reprint requests should be addressed at: Division of Biology 216-76, Pasadena, CA 91125. e-mail: bingham{at}bbb.caltech.edu.

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Jan 1999	9	9	2
Feb 1999	9	8	1
Mar 1999	8	4	25
Apr 1999	0	4	11
May 1999	7	2	3
Jun 1999	7	6	1
Jul 1999	0	5	3
Aug 1999	3	10	5
Sep 1999	4	12	8
Oct 1999	2	10	10
Nov 1999	9	11	5
Dec 1999	3	3	5
Total 1999	61	84	79
Jan 2000	7	11	11
Feb 2000	7	4	10
Mar 2000	8	11	10
Apr 2000	2	6	9
May 2000	5	11	11
Jun 2000	2	3	3
Jul 2000	8	6	15
Aug 2000	3	7	7
Sep 2000	5	4	6
Oct 2000	1	4	3
Nov 2000	5	4	11
Dec 2000	4	4	6
Total 2000	57	75	102
Jan 2001	1	11	9
Feb 2001	1	13	7
Mar 2001	3	13	13
Apr 2001	6	18	14
May 2001	11	80	9
Jun 2001	4	120	3
Jul 2001	4	123	13
Aug 2001	7	103	9
Sep 2001	7	94	9
Oct 2001	11	153	19
Nov 2001	4	127	21
Dec 2001	6	108	12
Total 2001	65	963	138
Jan 2002	9	123	15
Feb 2002	5	89	6
Mar 2002	7	115	8
Apr 2002	7	112	14
May 2002	2	80	8
Jun 2002	5	59	9
Jul 2002	0	70	17
Aug 2002	4	47	10
Sep 2002	1	53	11
Oct 2002	3	44	12
Nov 2002	2	21	9
Dec 2002	2	34	13
Total 2002	47	847	132
Jan 2003	6	79	24
Feb 2003	7	44	15
Mar 2003	3	52	6
Apr 2003	8	42	18
May 2003	8	34	7
Jun 2003	8	48	18
Jul 2003	51	73	18
Aug 2003	30	120	14
Sep 2003	13	144	21
Oct 2003	20	196	66
Nov 2003	14	142	99
Dec 2003	15	114	82
Total 2003	183	1088	388
Jan 2004	24	126	74
Feb 2004	30	121	45
Mar 2004	40	132	63
Apr 2004	19	123	47
May 2004	9	105	42
Jun 2004	10	80	47
Jul 2004	8	91	39
Aug 2004	13	75	47
Sep 2004	7	75	33
Oct 2004	5	121	25
Nov 2004	12	110	31
Dec 2004	3	105	36
Total 2004	180	1264	529
Jan 2005	3	71	12
Feb 2005	7	99	21
Mar 2005	7	114	25
Apr 2005	5	92	22
May 2005	6	82	18
Jun 2005	0	62	8
Jul 2005	4	77	11
Aug 2005	6	60	12
Sep 2005	5	123	17
Oct 2005	5	165	20
Nov 2005	15	126	18
Dec 2005	8	105	22
Total 2005	71	1176	206
Jan 2006	7	234	18
Feb 2006	15	103	23
Mar 2006	7	78	16
Apr 2006	7	179	17
May 2006	11	50	13
Jun 2006	5	73	15
Jul 2006	4	65	14
Aug 2006	15	58	21
Sep 2006	2	68	24
Oct 2006	12	88	24
Nov 2006	15	96	30
Dec 2006	9	83	25
Total 2006	109	1175	240
Jan 2007	10	94	22
Feb 2007	7	62	16
Mar 2007	9	91	20
Apr 2007	10	82	22
May 2007	7	64	78
Jun 2007	3	127	65
Jul 2007	4	30	25
Aug 2007	9	47	16
Sep 2007	8	50	20
Oct 2007	10	69	39
Nov 2007	6	72	18
Dec 2007	6	49	22
Total 2007	89	837	363
Jan 2008	4	73	25
Feb 2008	7	76	21
Mar 2008	5	57	16
Apr 2008	7	47	15
May 2008	3	66	17
Jun 2008	6	53	27
Jul 2008	20	36	9
Aug 2008	6	28	7
Sep 2008	26	36	8
Oct 2008	15	51	10
Nov 2008	22	48	20
Dec 2008	7	38	10
Total 2008	128	609	185
Jan 2009	20	29	13
Feb 2009	16	26	11
Mar 2009	38	59	11
Apr 2009	11	40	8
May 2009	10	36	10
Jun 2009	22	27	16
Jul 2009	19	38	13
Aug 2009	17	40	13
Sep 2009	10	35	20
Oct 2009	16	68	53
Nov 2009	14	41	7
Dec 2009	11	40	15
Total 2009	204	479	190
Jan 2010	29	48	25
Feb 2010	17	107	22
Mar 2010	18	51	5
Apr 2010	9	62	7
May 2010	11	58	7
Jun 2010	7	43	13
Jul 2010	13	51	4
Aug 2010	8	35	15
Sep 2010	13	63	22
Oct 2010	18	66	12
Nov 2010	26	63	27
Dec 2010	11	70	7
Total 2010	180	717	166
Jan 2011	12	62	4
Feb 2011	13	42	10
Mar 2011	12	44	12
Apr 2011	17	45	8
May 2011	22	25	22
Jun 2011	7	21	16
Jul 2011	18	36	6
Aug 2011	15	44	10
Sep 2011	24	80	11
Oct 2011	23	84	13
Nov 2011	28	51	26
Dec 2011	10	38	18
Total 2011	201	572	156
Jan 2012	16	36	13
Feb 2012	22	31	10
Mar 2012	10	37	10
Apr 2012	11	38	13
May 2012	5	47	14
Jun 2012	6	40	7
Jul 2012	29	38	12
Aug 2012	20	45	7
Sep 2012	11	25	20
Oct 2012	10	28	10
Nov 2012	2	21	6
Dec 2012	8	36	6
Total 2012	150	422	128
Jan 2013	12	65	19
Feb 2013	16	25	5
Mar 2013	5	58	14
Apr 2013	18	40	9
May 2013	7	31	12
Jun 2013	16	35	8
Jul 2013	3	41	15
Aug 2013	4	51	10
Sep 2013	7	62	21
Oct 2013	7	53	21
Nov 2013	3	23	15
Dec 2013	11	36	53
Total 2013	109	520	202
Jan 2014	9	18	24
Feb 2014	4	22	19
Mar 2014	10	32	27
Apr 2014	7	64	41
May 2014	6	25	26
Jun 2014	15	18	20
Jul 2014	14	37	30
Aug 2014	11	26	20
Sep 2014	7	20	7
Oct 2014	12	50	23
Nov 2014	9	46	21
Dec 2014	14	93	23
Total 2014	118	451	281
Jan 2015	11	35	14
Feb 2015	7	36	6
Mar 2015	17	22	4
Apr 2015	2	39	3
May 2015	4	15	5
Jun 2015	14	16	2
Jul 2015	4	25	2
Aug 2015	6	25	9
Sep 2015	11	26	1
Oct 2015	11	35	3
Nov 2015	12	31	5
Dec 2015	8	49	3
Total 2015	107	354	57
Jan 2016	6	29	13
Feb 2016	4	30	8
Mar 2016	6	19	5
Apr 2016	5	27	4
May 2016	13	25	4
Jun 2016	10	14	8
Jul 2016	18	20	4
Aug 2016	9	28	7
Sep 2016	12	16	7
Oct 2016	17	20	6
Nov 2016	12	15	10
Dec 2016	13	13	8
Total 2016	125	256	84
Jan 2017	18	27	17
Feb 2017	5	16	9
Mar 2017	35	11	10
Apr 2017	38	18	2
May 2017	9	18	2
Jun 2017	5	23	2
Jul 2017	5	9	2
Aug 2017	5	15	14
Sep 2017	10	18	5
Oct 2017	5	11	2
Nov 2017	4	14	4
Dec 2017	3	10	2
Total 2017	142	190	71
Jan 2018	4	14	2
Feb 2018	10	23	5
Mar 2018	19	26	8
Apr 2018	15	26	2
May 2018	14	19	5
Jun 2018	11	27	1
Jul 2018	16	61	1
Aug 2018	23	73	8
Sep 2018	19	24	10
Oct 2018	2	22	4
Nov 2018	2	31	14
Dec 2018	3	16	8
Total 2018	138	362	68
Jan 2019	3	28	12
Feb 2019	0	14	6
Total 2019	3	42	18
Total	2467	12483	3783

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