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July 12, 2017

CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: Our Brains: Life on a Continuum; From Genes to Neural Circuits to Behavior and Back Again: Neurogenetic Mechanisms in Williams Syndrome; Language at the Extremes

55 minutes

The human mind is one of the features that makes our species unusual, and any narrative of our origins must include explanations for how our mental facilities were generated by genetic and cultural evolutionary processes. Comparative studies with the minds of other species and direct studies of how the typical human brain creates the mind are valuable approaches. However, many useful clues can also be gleaned from studying extraordinary variations of the human mind. This Symposium brings together experts who have pursued in-depth explorations of some of these variations. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Show ID: 32436]

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