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A new study: Human brain wonder – parallel processes explained
27.12.2023 01:40
Updated: 13.05.2024 21:21
From all animals, humans tend to have the most complicated and amazing brain, which is still understudied.
To know more about it, scientists regularly test its amazing abilities, including its multitasking.
Recently, they've discovered how some parallel processes work in the human brain.
A new study
Researchers compared human and animal brain communication networks.
The specialists used diffusion and functional magnetic resonance imaging data from humans, macaques, and also mice.
They created "brain traffic maps" to understand how information is transmitted.
In non-human brains, data was sent along a single pathway, but in humans, there were multiple parallel pathways.
These parallel pathways were unique to different people, like fingerprints.
It might be useful
The findings may provide insights into mammalian evolution and computational neuroscience.
The specialists hypothesize that parallel information streams in humans allow for multiple representations of reality and abstract functions.
The model developed in the study could be used to study complex processes and investigate resilience in brain networks.
The scientists are interested in exploring the relationship between parallel information transmission and cognitive decline or neurorehabilitation after brain injury.
Further research will be conducted to understand the implications of these findings.
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