Sentences with phrase «uniquely human part»

For years researchers generally accepted the idea that the human brain consists of three sub-brains: the «reptilian» portion in the back of your head, the «mammalian» part in the middle, and the uniquely human part, the prefrontal cortex, located in your forehead.

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But isn't such pursuits part of what makes us uniquely human?

The 2009 book The Playful Brain: Venturing to the limits of neuroscience, for example, reviewed many studies showing that playful activity leads to the growth of more connections between neurons, particularly in the frontal lobe — the part of the brain responsible for uniquely human higher mental functions.

Using eye contact as part of this cycle was thought to be uniquely human, although oxytocin helps other mammals bond, too.

Izpisua Belmonte is uniquely qualified to speak to the ethics of genome editing in part because, as a member of the committee on human gene editing of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, he helped author the 2016 roadmap «Human Genome Editing: Science, Ethics, and Governance.&rhuman gene editing of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, he helped author the 2016 roadmap «Human Genome Editing: Science, Ethics, and Governance.&rHuman Genome Editing: Science, Ethics, and Governance.»

«I didn't think we'd see conflict signals, because there had been other studies explicitly looking for signals like these but didn't end up finding them,» Platt said, adding that as a result, scientists had started to believe that the activation might be part of what makes people uniquely human.

«If an amino acid has been uniquely changed and it is putatively associated with the tarsier's novel musculature, maybe it's an important part of the protein and worthy of a closer look when linked to human disease.»

In this four - part series, learn how Design Thinking techniques can improve our instructional product by utilizing the uniquely human characteristics that separate man from machine.

In this four - part article series, learn how Design Thinking techniques can improve our instructional product by utilizing the uniquely human characteristics that separate man from machine.

One of the few ancient Maya sites to have been found completely intact, ATM Cave has a uniquely spooky atmosphere, perhaps because the deepest part of the labyrinth is littered with the remains of human sacrifices.