News tagged with human cognition


White matter imaging provides insight into human and chimpanzee aging

(Medical Xpress)—The instability of "white matter" in humans may contribute to greater cognitive decline during the aging of humans compared with chimpanzees, scientists from Yerkes National Primate Research ...

Neuroscience created May 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Human brain frontal lobes not relatively large, not sole center of intelligence

Human intelligence cannot be explained by the size of the brain's frontal lobes, say researchers.

Neuroscience created May 13, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 4 | with audio podcast