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Evolution of cognitive function via redeployment of brain areas

Anderson, Prof. Michael L. (2006) Evolution of cognitive function via redeployment of brain areas. [Preprint]

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Abstract

The creative re-use of existing cognitive capacities may have played a significant role in the evolutionary development of the brain. There are obvious evolutionary advantages to such redeployment, and the data presented here confirm three important empirical predictions of this account of the development of cognition: (1) a typical brain area will be utilized by many cognitive functions in diverse task categories, (2) evolutionarily older brain areas will be deployed in more cognitive functions and (3) more recent cognitive functions will utilize more, and more widely scattered brain areas. These findings have implications not just for our understanding of the evolutionary origins of cognitive function, but also for the practice of both clinical and experimental neuroscience.

Item Type:Preprint
Keywords:Adaptation, Physiological; Brain; Cortex; Cognition; Evolution
Subjects:Neuroscience > Brain Imaging
Biology > Evolution
Psychology > Cognitive Psychology
ID Code:5017
Deposited By: Anderson, Dr. Michael
Deposited On:01 Aug 2006
Last Modified:11 Mar 2011 08:56

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