However, scientists have gained insight into the monkey brain by conducting various studies. Specialists assumed that the ...

This is called ‘monkey mind’ or ‘monkey brain’ and according to Psychology Today, it’s a mainstream term that started with ...

A cross-section of the neocortex and cerebellum from an adult rhesus monkey brain has been labeled with a stain that highlights brain cells. (Credit: Allen Institute) A project led by Seattle’s ...

In our study, we compared these connectivity fingerprints across the human, chimpanzee, and macaque monkey brain. The chimpanzee is, together with the bonobo, our closest living relative.

When you’re experimenting with human brains, or even monkey brains, you’re experimenting with the organ that keeps a creature alive. It’s our brains, with all their synapses and neurons ...

The assumption that underlies this is that a mouse or monkey brain serves as an adequate, if simplified, proxy for the human. And indeed, that’s been good enough to fuel decades of brain science.

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to understand what makes our brain different to our closest relatives. Our ...