The human advantage : : a new understanding of how our brain became remarkable

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The human advantage : : a new understanding of how our brain became remarkable / Suzana Herculano-Houzel

資料種別:: 電子ブック
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著者名:: Herculano-Houzel, Suzana
ISBN:: 9780262333214 [026233321X] ((ebook) :)
9780262034258 [0262034255]
書誌ID:: EB00000127

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Previously issued in print: 2016.
Humans are awesome. Our brains are gigantic, seven times larger than they should be for the size of our bodies. The human brain uses 25% of all the energy the body requires each day. And it became enormous in a very short amount of time in evolution, allowing us to leave our cousins, the great apes, behind. So the human brain is special, right? Wrong, according to Suzana Herculano-Houzel. Humans have developed cognitive abilities that outstrip those of all other animals, but not because we are evolutionary outliers. The human brain was not singled out to become amazing in its own exclusive way, and it never stopped being a primate brain. If we are not an exception to the rules of evolution, then what is the source of the human advantage? Herculano-Houzel shows that it is not the size of our brain that matters but the fact that we have more neurons in the cerebral cortex than any other animal.

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Brain--Physiology; Intellect

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