The human brain is similar to the brains of other primates on a mathematical level.
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A single mathematical model can explain the fold patterns found in the brains of a variety of primates, from shrub larvae to macaque monkeys to humans.
Bruno Mota Researchers at Brazil's Federal University of Rio de Janeiro have spent years investigating whether they can mathematically explain the wrinkled fractal shape of the cerebral cortex, the outer layer of a brain region called the cerebrum.
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