Friday, February 3, 2012

The social brain meets neuroimaging

Publication year: 2011
Source: Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Available online 15 December 2011
Robin I.M. Dunbar
Recent neuroimaging studies in humans have indicated that individual differences in social network size correlate with amygdala volume and the volume of brain regions associated with theory of mind. A new article demonstrates that this is also true for monkeys. Taken together, these findings provide crucial support for the social brain hypothesis.





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