Simulating The Social Brain Hypothesis
An Oxford University team of two led by Tamás Dávid-Barrett published an open access paper in the Proceedings of the …
Tag Archives: brain
CNTNAP2 Variant Linked To Language Impairment
Today’s issue of Nature has a brief essay on the role of language in cultural evolution. The authors touch up …
A 3D Computed Tomography Scan Of The Liujiang Cranium
A couple days ago, press release agencies like EurekAlert! and ScienceDaily ran some anthropology blips that was not picked up …
Diffusion Spectrum Imaging Used to Map the Structural Core of Human Cerebral Cortex
A new paper in the open access journal PLoS Biology describes a new way to model the human brain using …
What is unique about the human arcuate fasciculus… and what does it have to do with language?
Despite the fact that I’ve seen some really impactful primate related research lately, I’ve completely neglected updating Primatology.net with it. …
Improvisation in Music is Independent of Central Brain Functions
Charles Limb and Allen Braun at Johns Hopkins have recently published a study on the internal characteristics and functions of …
Dopamine Transporter Gene and Primate Social Behavior
Dopamine is a fundamental neurotransmitter and hormone. You may know it as one of the neurotransmitters associated with the limbic …
Another study on PCNT’s role in brain development
That new paper on PCNT’s role in microcephaly I just covered this afternoon has really sparked my interests. I have …
New York Times Profiles Ralph Holloway
The New York Times is running a profile of Ralph Holloway, a paleoanthropologist that specializes in brain evolution, one of …
