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Cortical evolution: No expansion without organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2004

Hans Supèr
Hans Supèr*
Affiliation:
The Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute, Amsterdam, and Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 1105 BA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
*
h.super@ioi.knaw.nl
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Abstract:

Aboitiz et al. describe a hypothesis on the origin of the isocortex. They propose the reptilian dorsal cortex to be the ancestral brain structure to the mammalian isocortex. But why did the dorsal cortex expand in mammals and not in reptiles? A change in development may have provided the mammalian cortex with the ability to organize and therefore the potential to expand.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 5 , October 2003 , pp. 570 - 571
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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