… Social Brain, Social Complexity The broad interpretation of the social brain hypothesis is
that individuals living in stable social groups face cognitive demands that individuals living …

… to be reflected in overall brain size. The general inference to be drawn here is that understanding
brain evolution requires that we look beneath the surface of brain size measures, and …

1160 tex lattice. Ordered arrays of pinning sites, with a periodicity matching that of the vortex
lattice, are very effective for pinning the vortex lattice as a whole. Individual pinning sites are …

… fact that primates have unusually large brains for body size … large brains to manage their
unusually complex social … for brain evolution, recent analyses suggest that the social brain …

… The social brain hypothesis argues that large brains have arisen over evolutionary time as
a response to the social and ecological conflicts inherent in group living. We test predictions …

… comes down in favor of the social brain hypothesis.The extent to which the … social cognition,
such as theory of mind, isexplored. These findings are then related to the evolution of social …

… heart of all explanations for brain evolution, including the social brain hypothesis: the core
… What makes the social brain hypothesis intrinsically social is that it claims that animals solve …

… In this chapter, I discuss the evolution of two cognitive processes, empathizing and
systemizing, and their relevance to the evolution and development of social behavior. …

… in the social brain hypothesis whose implications for hominin evolution have yet to be
explored. Our main purpose here is to explore a framework for the study of human evolution that …

Amid the excitement of technological developments in molecular neurobiology and brain
imaging, it is easy to lose sight of the broader issues within which these developments must be …