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Pioneering brain study reveals ‘software’ differences between humans and monkeys

Neuroscientists tracked the activity of single neurons deep in the brain and suggest the findings could explain humans’ intelligence — and susceptibility to psychiatric disorders.
  1. Alison Abbott
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Neuroscientists have for the first time discovered differences between the ‘software’ of humans and monkey brains, using a technique that tracks single neurons.

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Nature 565, 410-411 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00198-7

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