论文信息 - The social brain meets neuroimaging

The social brain meets neuroimaging

Recent neuroimaging studies in humans have indicated that individual differences in social network size correlate with amygdala volume and the volume of brain regions associated with theory of mind. A new article demonstrates that this is also true for monkeys. Taken together, these findings provide crucial support for the social brain hypothesis.

Robin I. M. Dunbar

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