Since in Mammals, Advanced Cognition Is Usually Correlated with a Large

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Multiple Choice

Since in mammals, advanced cognition is usually correlated with a large and very convoluted neocortex, how can birds, which have no such structure, be capable of sophisticated processing?

• A)They have a more advanced cerebellum.
• B)They have a pallium with several flat layers.
• C)They have a pallium with neurons clustered into nuclei.
• D)They have microvilli to increase the brain's surface area.

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