At Oxford University, it was found that people from primates were distinguished by a unique structure of the prefrontal cortex, which gives a person the ability to make decisions, reasoning and planning. Research Results published In Jneurosci.
Scientists compared the cortical organization of the brain in humans, chimpanzees and macaes – this method is a standard to compare the human brain with non -human primates. However, special attention was paid to be compared with chimpanzees, the closest relatives of the human being.
For the analysis, chimpanzees obtained before the release of strict rules in 2015 were used and organized research conducted with the participation of chimpanzees established by US Fishing and Wildlife Protection Service and National Health Institutes.
The results have shown that the prefrontal cortex, which controls mental and motor activity in humans, is uniquely organized. In addition, a person has characteristic relations between the brain fields responsible for emotional regulation, social cognition and processing of language. These features appear only in humans, especially compared to chimpanzees.
According to the authors of the study, these differences can explain their unique abilities such as complex emotional and social behavior that distinguishes us from other types in addition to the actions controlled by the prefrontal cortex.
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Source: Gazeta
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