Brain Expansion Compared (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Brain Expansion Compared

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Areas of expansion in the human cortex during infancy and childhood, top, closely match areas of change in the human brain when compared to the brains of apes and monkeys. Yellow areas expanded the most, followed by orange, red, blue and light blue areas.

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Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

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