This integrative review proposes that the reduction in uncertainty may function as a candidate primary reinforcer in humans. The proposed mechanism is positive prediction error coding by the mesolimbi...

Neocortical expansion is a key innovation of crown primates, although fossil evidence for how the neocortex has evolved remains elusive. We studied neocortical evolution using virtual brain endocasts ...

Virtual models of primate crania support visual system influence on brain size

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Nature Reviews Biodiversity - The principles underpinning the evolution of the brain

Thumbs and brains coevolved in primates. Across living and extinct species, longer thumbs predict bigger brains, highlighting the neural cost of dexterity.

Max Farnworth completed his PhD in Gregor Bucher's lab at the University of Göttingen, Germany, where he explored how heterochrony shapes the evolution and development of insect brains. He then joined...

Using over 1,000 early childhood fMRI scans, the authors mapped cerebellocortical connectivity, revealing early integration with higher-order networks and age-related refinement, gradients, asymmetry,...

While both common and rare variants contribute to the genetic etiology of complex traits, whether their impacts manifest through the same effector genes and molecular mechanisms is not well understood...

Explaining how children build a language system is a central goal of research in language acquisition, with broad implications for language evolution, adult language processing, and artificial intelli...

Multivariate association study reveals a genetic basis of brain shape beyond volume and relations to neurodegenerative diseases.

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