Journal article
Brain evolution and human neuropsychology: the inferential brain hypothesis
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, Vol.18(3), pp.394-401
05/2012
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617712000264
PMCID: PMC3619048
PMID: 22459075
Abstract
Collaboration between human neuropsychology and comparative neuroscience has generated invaluable contributions to our understanding of human brain evolution and function. Further cross-talk between these disciplines has the potential to continue to revolutionize these fields. Modern neuroimaging methods could be applied in a comparative context, yielding exciting new data with the potential of providing insight into brain evolution. Conversely, incorporating an evolutionary base into the theoretical perspectives from which we approach human neuropsychology could lead to novel hypotheses and testable predictions. In the spirit of these objectives, we present here a new theoretical proposal, the Inferential Brain Hypothesis, whereby the human brain is thought to be characterized by a shift from perceptual processing to inferential computation, particularly within the social realm. This shift is believed to be a driving force for the evolution of the large human cortex. (JINS, 2012, 18, 394-401).
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- Title: Subtitle
- Brain evolution and human neuropsychology: the inferential brain hypothesis
- Creators
- Timothy R Koscik - Department of Neurology, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. t.koscik@utoronto.caDaniel Tranel
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, Vol.18(3), pp.394-401
- DOI
- 10.1017/S1355617712000264
- PMID
- 22459075
- PMCID
- PMC3619048
- NLM abbreviation
- J Int Neuropsychol Soc
- ISSN
- 1355-6177
- eISSN
- 1469-7661
- Publisher
- England
- Grant note
- P50 NS019632 / NINDS NIH HHS R01 DA022549 / NIDA NIH HHS P50 NS19632 / NINDS NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2012
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Psychiatry; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984002473002771
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