Introgression of Brain Size Gene Microcephalin into Homo Sapiens from Archaic...
An interesting are of study in human genetics is the notion of introgression. That modern homo sapiens may have genes may have genes from other archaic human groups. Like Neanderthals. Evidence that...
View ArticleLink Between Schizophrenia and Brain Efficiency
One of the most devastating types of mental illness could be a by-product of the evolution of human beings’ uniquely sophisticated intelligence, a new genetic study has suggested. Scientists have...
View ArticleMind Reading: Nouns
It’s interesting how much mind reading techniques have been progressing…. Two hundred years ago, archaeologists used the Rosetta Stone to understand the ancient Egyptian scrolls. Now, a team of...
View ArticleBrain Structure Correlated With Video Game Success
It looks like that by measuring 3 structures of a person’s brain, you can predict how well they will perform at video games. Remember that correlation is not causation, but it would not be surprising...
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General Intelligence Located In The Brain
There’s an interesting paper called "Distributed neural system for general intelligence revealed by lesion mapping". (It’s open access, so anyone can read it online.) The paper claims to have found the...
View ArticleBig brains not always better
There’s an interesting paper out titled, "Evolutionary Divergence in Brain Size between Migratory and Resident Birds". It’s interesting in that it is an example of a case where, big brains are not...
View ArticleWhy Athletes Are Geniuses
An interesting article by Carl Zimmer on Why Athletes Are Geniuses. Here’s an excerpt…. Neuroscientists have found several ways in which the brains of top-notch athletes seem to function better than...
View ArticleDistinct Neural Signatures Associated With Different Learning Strategies
The process of learning requires the sophisticated ability to constantly update our expectations of future rewards so we may make accurate predictions about those rewards in the face of a changing...
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