Comparative analyses are the backbone of evolutionary analysis. However, their record in
producing a consensus has not always been good. This is especially true of attempts to …

Abstract concepts, like justice and friendship, are central features of our daily lives.
Traditionally, abstract concepts are distinguished from other concepts in that they cannot be …

Comparing the neural correlates of socio-cognitive skills across species provides insights
into the evolution of the social brain and has revealed face-and body-sensitive regions in the …

Neural networks are successfully used to imitate and model cognitive processes. However,
to provide clues about the neurobiological mechanisms enabling human cognition, these …

Dogs and humans have lived together for thousands of years and share many analogous
socio-cognitive skills. Dog neuroimaging now provides insight into the neural bases of these …

Abstract The Arcuate Fasciculus (AF) is of considerable interdisciplinary interest, because of
its major implication in language processing. Theories about language brain evolution are …

Comparative research on language, music, and action in cognitive neuroscience keeps
finding evidence for both shared and non-shared components of cognitive systems. The …

Negative symptoms play an important role in development and treatment of schizophrenia.
However, brain changes relevant to negative symptoms are still unclear. This study …

Human touch has an enormous power to engender and mediate meaning in the human
mind, from the emotional to the pragmatic, and from the linguistic to the symbolic. Can a …

Background Injury to the spinal cord of children may cause potential brain reorganizations,
affecting their rehabilitation. However, the specific functional alterations of children after …