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·January 25, 2021·3 min read

Stimulating Brain Pathways Shows Origins of Human Language and Memory

The evolutionary development for both human and primate brains may have been similar for communication and memory.

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·December 16, 2020·4 min read

The DNA Regions in Our Brain That Contribute to Make Us Human

A new method identified a large set of gene regulatory regions in the brain, selected throughout human evolution.

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·November 5, 2020·2 min read

Human Intelligence Just Got Less Mysterious

A new study argues the way in which humans store memories is key to making human intelligence more superior to that of animals.

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·October 23, 2020·4 min read

Happiness and the Evolution of Brain Size

Study reveals a new role for serotonin in the development of the human neocortex. Serotonin acts cell-extrinsically as a growth factor for basal progenitors in the developing neocortex. Researchers report placenta-driven serotonin likely contributed to the evolutionary expansion of the neocortex in humans.

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·October 21, 2020·4 min read

Neural Pathway Crucial to Successful Rapid Object Recognition in Primates

Researchers have identified a brain pathway between the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and the inferior temporal cortex which enables primates to effortlessly identify objects in their field of vision.

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·September 28, 2020·4 min read

Evolutionary and Heritable Axes Shape Our Brain

Researchers have deciphered two axes along which the human brain is organized. The axes are mainly determined by genetic factors.

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·August 18, 2020·5 min read

How a Single Gene Drives Aggression in Wild Songbird

When the expression of the ER-alpha gene was blocked in white-throated sparrows, the level of aggression they exhibited decreased.

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·August 14, 2020·6 min read

Why the Brain Is Programmed to See Faces in Everyday Objects

Face pareidolia, the phenomenon of seeing facelike structures in inanimate objects, is a perceptual phenomenon that occurs when sensory input is processed by visual mechanisms that have evolved to extract social content from human faces.

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·August 4, 2020·6 min read

Key Brain Region Was ‘Recycled’ as Humans Developed the Ability to Read

The inferior temporal cortex is capable of performing tasks, such as distinguishing between real and nonsense words and picking out specific letters from words.

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·July 31, 2020·5 min read

‘Little Brain’ or Cerebellum Not So Little After All

High resolution imaging reveals the human cerebellum is 80% of the area of the cortex. The findings indicate this area of the brain likely grew larger as human behavior and cognition evolved.

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·July 24, 2020·2 min read

Big Brains and Dexterous Hands

Primates with larger brains can solve much more complex tasks using their hands than smaller-brained primates. However, improved dexterity comes at a cost. In humans and other large-brained primates, it takes longer for infants to learn the simplest hand and finger movements than our smaller-brained counterparts.