HUMAN BRAIN EVOLUTION HOW THE INCREASE OF BRAIN PLASTICITY MADE US A CULTURAL SPECIES
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| contents | HUMAN BRAIN EVOLUTION HOW THE INCREASE OF BRAIN PLASTICITY MADE US A CULTURAL SPECIES Aida Gómez-Robles Chet C. Sherwood Comunicación Genes environment development epigenetics altriciality Why are humans so different from other primate species? What makes us so capable of creating language, art and music? The specializations in human brain anatomy that are responsible for our unique behavioral and cognitive traits evolved over a very short period of evolutionary time (between six and eight million years). Recent evidence suggests that, alongside a reorganization of the brain and an increase in its size, neural plasticity may also play a major role in explaining the evolutionary history of our species. Plasticity is the propensity of the brain to be molded by external influences, including the ecological, social and cultural context. The impact of these environmental influences in shaping human behavior has been long recognized, but it has been only recently that scientists have started discovering the more pronounced plasticity of human brains compared to our close relatives. 2017 artículo científico 2174-3487 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=511754472007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=5117 Mètode Science Studies Journal application/pdf Universitat de València Mètode Science Studies Journal (España) Num.7 |
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| spellingShingle | HUMAN BRAIN EVOLUTION HOW THE INCREASE OF BRAIN PLASTICITY MADE US A CULTURAL SPECIES Aida Gómez-Robles Comunicación Genes environment development epigenetics altriciality HUMAN BRAIN EVOLUTION HOW THE INCREASE OF BRAIN PLASTICITY MADE US A CULTURAL SPECIES Aida Gómez-Robles Chet C. Sherwood Comunicación Genes environment development epigenetics altriciality Why are humans so different from other primate species? What makes us so capable of creating language, art and music? The specializations in human brain anatomy that are responsible for our unique behavioral and cognitive traits evolved over a very short period of evolutionary time (between six and eight million years). Recent evidence suggests that, alongside a reorganization of the brain and an increase in its size, neural plasticity may also play a major role in explaining the evolutionary history of our species. Plasticity is the propensity of the brain to be molded by external influences, including the ecological, social and cultural context. The impact of these environmental influences in shaping human behavior has been long recognized, but it has been only recently that scientists have started discovering the more pronounced plasticity of human brains compared to our close relatives. 2017 artículo científico 2174-3487 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=511754472007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=5117 Mètode Science Studies Journal application/pdf Universitat de València Mètode Science Studies Journal (España) Num.7 |
| title | HUMAN BRAIN EVOLUTION HOW THE INCREASE OF BRAIN PLASTICITY MADE US A CULTURAL SPECIES |
| topic | Comunicación Genes environment development epigenetics altriciality |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=511754472007 |