神经学家发现了大脑某个区域可能会赋予人类独特的思维能力,比如语言能力。当分别给猴子和人呈现不同种类的抽象信息时,人类大脑的一个区域会处于活跃状态,而在猴子大脑中则无反应。对抽象信息的整合激发了人类大脑许多独特的功能,这种设想已经存在几十年了。但是,一篇发表在《当代生物学》上的论文直接对比了在听到简单的声音时,人类和猕猴不一样的大脑活动,首次提供了生理证据,证 Neuroscientists have found that certain areas of the brain may give people unique thinking skills, such as language skills. When different types of abstractions are presented to monkeys and humans, respectively, one region of the human brain is active, while in the monkey brain there is no response. The idea that the integration of abstract information has inspired many of the unique functions of the human brain has existed for decades. However, a paper published in “Contemporary Biology” directly contrasts with the brain activity that differs from macaque when it comes to simple sounds, providing for the first time physiological evidence