Study sheds light on social brain development

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 07:35 in Biology & Nature

The capacity to figure out what others are thinking and what they mean is an ability unique to people that's central to our lives. A new study on the neural mechanisms that govern these abilities sheds light on the relation between how people and groups interact, on the one hand, and how the brain develops and functions, on the other.

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