Browsing by Subject "Human Development"

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Differential developmental trajectories of magnetic susceptibility in human brain gray and white matter over the lifespan.

Bancroft-Wu, V; Batrachenko, A; De Bellis, MD; Langkammer, C; Li, W; Liu, C; Morey, Rajendra A; ... (11 authors) (Hum Brain Mapp, 2014-06)

As indicated by several recent studies, magnetic susceptibility of the brain is influenced mainly by myelin in the white matter and by iron deposits in the deep nuclei. Myelination and iron deposition in the brain evolve ...
Putting together phylogenetic and ontogenetic perspectives on empathy.

Decety, Jean; Svetlova, Margarita (Dev Cogn Neurosci, 2012-01)

The ontogeny of human empathy is better understood with reference to the evolutionary history of the social brain. Empathy has deep evolutionary, biochemical, and neurological underpinnings. Even the most advanced forms ...