The Human Neocortex Isn’t as Special as We Thought

Start building your ideal daily routine with Fabulous. The first 100 people who click on the link will get a FREE week trial and 25% OFF Fabulous Premium: https://thefab.co/scishowpsych2 For a long time, scientists considered the neocortex the brainiest part of the human brain – an obvious candidate for the thing that makes us unique. But in some ways, it’s not that different from other mammals’ brains. So researchers have started looking at other places to figure out what makes us distinctly human. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow Psych by becoming a patron on Patreon:   / scishowpsych   SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Become a Patron and have your name featured in the description of every SciShow Psych episode!   / scishowpsych   ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook:   / scishow   Twitter:   / scishow   Tumblr:   / scishow   Instagram:   / thescishow   ---------- Sources: https://journals.biologists.com/dev/a... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1206 https://academic.oup.com/brain/articl... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/jnnp/56/... https://bit.ly/3rqVOvD https://academic.oup.com/brain/articl... https://science.sciencemag.org/conten... https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wil... https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/... https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ps.38... https://elifesciences.org/articles/41... https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2013.0... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8682173/ https://www.healthpages.org/anatomy-f... https://www.visiblebody.com/learn/ner... https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/ful... https://academic.oup.com/brain/articl... https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2000-0... https://doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6123(08... https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetic... https://www.nature.com/articles/npp20... https://doi.org/10.1080/1473422070133... https://europepmc.org/article/med/911... Images: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/med... https://www.flickr.com/photos/1443838... https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/hum... https://www.storyblocks.com/video/sto... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://www.storyblocks.com/video/sto... https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/tin... https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/br... https://www.storyblocks.com/video/sto... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://www.storyblocks.com/video/sto... https://www.storyblocks.com/video/sto... https://www.storyblocks.com/video/sto... https://www.storyblocks.com/video/sto... https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/hum...