ReviewDementia & neuropsychologia2024
The uniqueness of the human brain: a review.
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- A prefrontal thalamocortical readout for conflict-related executive dysfunction in schizophrenia.Cell reports. Medicine · 2024Article
- Glioma lateralization: Focus on the anatomical localization and the distribution of molecular alterations (Review).Oncology reports · 2024Review
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Abstract
The purpose of this review is to highlight the most important aspects of the anatomical and functional uniqueness of the human brain. For this, a comparison is made between our brains and those of our closest ancestors (chimpanzees and bonobos) and human ancestors. During human evolution, several changes occurred in the brain, such as an absolute increase in brain size and number of cortical neurons, in addition to a greater degree of functional lateralization and anatomical asymmetry. Also, the cortical cytoarchitecture became more diversified and there was an increase in the number of intracortical networks and networks extending from the cerebral cortex to subcortical structures, with more neural networks being invested in multisensory and sensory-motor-affective-cognitive integration. These changes permitted more complex, flexible and versatile cognitive abilities and social behavior, such as shared intentionality and symbolic articulated language, which, in turn, made possible the formation of larger social groups and cumulative cultural evolution that are characteristic of our species.
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