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·February 22, 2021·4 min read

A Healthy Sense of Disgust Can Prevent Sickness

Exposure to unpleasant stimuli that might make you feel queasy or disgusted may be evolution's way of keeping us healthy and helping us to avoid infection.

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·July 15, 2015·3 min read

A Hole Lot of Smarts

According to a new study, intelligence in animal species can be estimated by the size of the holes in the skull through which the arteries pass.

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·October 31, 2022·6 min read

A New Map of the Octopus Visual System Gives Clues to Brain Evolution

A new map of the octopus visual system classifies different types of neurons in a part of the brain dedicated to vision, shedding new light on the evolution of the brain and visual systems in a more broad sense.

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·April 29, 2017·6 min read

A New Study Revises the Development and Evolutionary Origin of the Vertebrate Brain

Researchers believe findings may shed light on how the vertebrate brain may have evolved.

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·August 16, 2021·3 min read

A New Theory of Life’s Multiple Origins

In order to understand life's full range of forms, new theoretical frameworks must be developed, researchers say.

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·July 23, 2018·4 min read

A Possible Origin of Human Speech

Researchers have identified a neural network in the brains of monkeys that may represent a common evolutionary origin for social communication and human speech.

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·December 9, 2016·5 min read

A Tiny Change With Considerable Consequences

Researchers report the expansion of the human neocortex is likely due to a single base pair genetic substitution.

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·March 20, 2017·4 min read

Adult Subcortex Processes Numbers With the Same Skill as Infants

According to researchers, the adult subcortex processes numbers at the same level of skill as infants.

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·October 31, 2019·4 min read

After release into wild, vampire bats keep ‘friends’ made in captivity

Vampire bats form social bonds similar to friendships seen in primates.

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·September 12, 2018·3 min read

Aging May Be As Old As Life Itself

Researchers report that, at the molecular levels, aging may have originated at the beginning of the evolution of life. They suggest when it comes to genes, aging may not always be a negative trait, and may help an organism to survive.

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·January 22, 2019·4 min read

All Too Human: The Price We Pay for Our Advanced Brains May Be a Greater Tendency to Disorders

Researchers report the neural code of the prefrontal cortex is more efficient than the amygdala in both humans and primates. The lower resistance of the amygdala to errors in humans may play a role in exaggerated survival responses, such as those seen in anxiety and PTSD.

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·May 26, 2021·6 min read

Amazon Indigenous Group’s Lifestyle May Hold a Key to Slowing Down Aging

The Tsimane, an indigenous people from the Bolivian Amazon, have less brain atrophy than American aging adults, a new study reports. Additionally, the decrease in their brain volume associated with aging is 70% less than seen in older American adults.

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evolutionary neuroscience

A Healthy Sense of Disgust Can Prevent Sickness

A Hole Lot of Smarts

A New Map of the Octopus Visual System Gives Clues to Brain Evolution

A New Study Revises the Development and Evolutionary Origin of the Vertebrate Brain

A New Theory of Life’s Multiple Origins

A Tiny Change With Considerable Consequences

Adult Subcortex Processes Numbers With the Same Skill as Infants

Aging May Be As Old As Life Itself

All Too Human: The Price We Pay for Our Advanced Brains May Be a Greater Tendency to Disorders

Amazon Indigenous Group’s Lifestyle May Hold a Key to Slowing Down Aging

Shaping Young Minds: Neurodevelopment Interventions for Psychiatric Disorders

Ultra-Processed Foods: AI’s New Contribution to Nutrition Science

Aging Myelin: A New Perspective in Alzheimer’s Disease Progression

Promising Phase 2 Trial Results for Pembrolizumab in Metastatic Brain Cancer

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