Cognition from the body-brain partnership: exaptation of memory

G Buzsáki, D Tingley - Annual review of neuroscience, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Examination of cognition has historically been approached from language and introspection.
However, human language–dependent definitions ignore the evolutionary roots of brain …

Oral language interventions can improve language outcomes in children with neurodevelopmental disorders: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

E Donolato, E Toffalini, K Rogde… - Campbell systematic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Young people who fail to develop language as expected face significant
challenges in all aspects of life. Unfortunately, language disorders are common, either as a …

The genetic architecture of structural left–right asymmetry of the human brain

Z Sha, D Schijven, A Carrion-Castillo, M Joliot… - Nature human …, 2021 - nature.com
Left–right hemispheric asymmetry is an important aspect of healthy brain organization for
many functions including language, and it can be altered in cognitive and psychiatric …

Cultural evolution of genetic heritability

R Uchiyama, R Spicer… - Behavioral and Brain …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Behavioral genetics and cultural evolution have both revolutionized our understanding of
human behavior–largely independent of each other. Here, we reconcile these two fields …

Interindividual variation in human cortical cell type abundance and expression

N Johansen, S Somasundaram, KJ Travaglini… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Single-cell transcriptomic studies have identified a conserved set of neocortical cell types
from small postmortem cohorts. We extended these efforts by assessing cell type variation …

Free agents: how evolution gave us free will

KJ Mitchell - 2023 - torrossa.com
The question of whether humans have free will has been chewed over by phi los o phers
and theologians for millennia without any clear conclusion or even any agreed-on …

Handedness and its genetic influences are associated with structural asymmetries of the cerebral cortex in 31,864 individuals

Z Sha, A Pepe, D Schijven… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Roughly 10% of the human population is left-handed, and this rate is increased in some
brain-related disorders. The neuroanatomical correlates of hand preference have remained …

Patterns of brain asymmetry associated with polygenic risks for autism and schizophrenia implicate language and executive functions but not brain masculinization

Z Sha, D Schijven, C Francks - Molecular psychiatry, 2021 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and schizophrenia have been conceived as partly
opposing disorders in terms of systemizing vs. empathizing cognitive styles, with …

Cultural evolutionary theory is not enough: Ambiguous culture, neglect of structure, and the absence of theory in behavior genetics.

CH Burt - Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 2022 - search.ebscohost.com
Uchiyama et al. propose a unified model linking cultural evolutionary theory to behavior
genetics (BG) to enhance generalizability, enrich explanation, and predict how social factors …

Gamma band light stimulation in human case studies: groundwork for potential Alzheimer's disease treatment

M Jones, B McDermott, BL Oliveira… - Journal of …, 2019 - content.iospress.com
Background: It is known that proteins associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD)
pathogenesis are significantly reduced by 40 Hz entrainment in mice. If this were to translate …