Researchers found that the uncinate fasciculus, a tract tied to emotion and memory, strongly correlated with dominance behaviors in squirrel monkeys.

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and provides a road map to discover many more.

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain ...

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and ...

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The large size of the cerebrum—especially the cerebral cortex—relative to the rest of the brain, is a uniquely human trait that conventional wisdom says makes us smarter than animals.