Our ancestors acquired morphological, cognitive and metabolic modifications that enabled
humans to colonize diverse habitats, develop extraordinary technologies and reshape the …

In this Review, I propose a multiple-network view for the neurobiological basis of distinctly
human language skills. A much more complex picture of interacting brain areas emerges …

Brain development in humans is achieved through precise spatiotemporal genetic control,
the mechanisms of which remain largely elusive. Recently, integration of technological …

Apply the newest brain research to enhance all students' learning Educational neuroscience
consultant David A. Sousa continues his tradition of translating new findings into effective …

The cerebral cortex varies dramatically in size and complexity between amniotes due to
differences in neuron number and composition. These differences emerge during embryonic …

Throughout the past decade, studying ancient genomes has provided unique insights into
human prehistory, and differences between modern humans and other branches like …

The discovery of the FOXP2 transcription factor, and its implication in a rare severe human
speech and language disorder, has led to two decades of empirical studies focused on …

The deep structural diversity of languages suggests that our language capacities are not
based on any single template but rather on an underlying ability and motivation for infants to …

Highlights•Rare variants disrupting speech, in genes like FOXP2, give insight into
neurobiology of key human traits.•Neural functions of FOXP2 are being studied in human …

Music is an exclusive feature of humankind. It can be considered as a form of universal
communication, only partly comparable to the vocalizations of songbirds. Many trends of …