Specific biological factors account for the greater relative cognitive capacity of the human brain
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Specific biological factors, including expanded cortical hierarchies and unique human gene repeat expansions like NBPF/Olduvai triplets, account for the advanced cognitive capacity of the human brain.
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The evolution and development of the uniquely human capacity for emotional awareness: a synthesis of comparative anatomical, cognitive, neurocomputational, and evolutionary psychological perspectives.
2019 · cited by 27
This paper synthesizes comparative anatomical and neurocomputational perspectives, arguing that disproportionate cortical expansion and hierarchical processing levels account for unique human cognitive capacities.
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Neuroblastoma Breakpoint Family 3mer Higher Order Repeats/Olduvai Triplet Pattern in the Complete Genome of Human and Nonhuman Primates and Relation to Cognitive Capacity
2024 · cited by 2
This study demonstrates that specific genetic structures, such as tandemly organized NBPF 3mer higher-order repeats and Olduvai triplets, are vastly more abundant in humans and directly relate to enhanced human cognitive capacity.