Smart wings and the pterosaurs who had them

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Nature Feature of the Week is Dave Unwin's News and Views article:

"Smart-winged pterosaurs
Why did ancient flying reptiles have so much processing power in the back of 
their brain? To provide highly responsive flight control, is an answer to 
emerge from an innovative analysis of pterosaur skulls."
http://info.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eMaq0Bg3jQ0Ch0FCD0AH

This is a companion piece to:
"Neuroanatomy of flying reptiles and implications for flight, posture and 
behaviour"
LAWRENCE M. WITMER, SANKAR CHATTERJEE, JONATHAN FRANZOSA & TIMOTHY ROWE
http://info.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eMaq0Bg3jQ0Ch0FAp0Ax

Mary