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 …
Tag Archives: neurobiology
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 …
The Social Brain Hypothesis: Are our brains hardwired to deal with social hierarchies?
Almost all primates live in groups with an observable and definable social hierarchy, and humans aren’t an exception. We may …
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. …
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 …
