How good is the macaque monkey model of the human brain?

Macaque monkeys are widely used in order to understand the mechanisms of the human brain. But humans have capacities not found in monkeys, and their brains differ in important ways, for example in the proportions of different regions and in microstructure. However, this does not mean that we must ab...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Current opinion in neurobiology 2009-02, Vol.19 (1), p.6-11
1. Verfasser:	Passingham, Richard
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Brain - anatomy & histology Brain - physiology Cognition - physiology Humans Language Macaca Macaca - anatomy & histology Macaca - physiology Magnetic Resonance Imaging Models, Animal Neurology Psychiatry
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