Sensorimotor Complexity and Cognition as Predictors of Primate Brain Size
By
Zitan Song
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Summary
This article investigates the relationship between brain size and various brain functions across primate species. It examines whether cognitive performance, sensorimotor complexity, or other factors best predict brain size evolution. The research analyzes how sensory processing, motor control, and cognitive abilities each contribute to encephalization in primates, challenging the notion that cognition alone drives brain expansion.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledVertebrate brains perform a variety of vital functions.
As animal brain size increases, cognitive performance generally increases.
These broad somatic, sensory, cognitive, and motor functions may each have complex and inter-related relationships with the size of the brain and its major anatomical subdivisions.
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