{"id":150712,"date":"2022-11-21T17:23:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T23:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/what-makes-humans-different-a-new-window-into-the-brain"},"modified":"2022-11-21T17:23:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T23:23:14","slug":"what-makes-humans-different-a-new-window-into-the-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/what-makes-humans-different-a-new-window-into-the-brain","title":{"rendered":"What Makes Humans Different? A New Window Into the Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/what-makes-humans-different-a-new-window-into-the-brain2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers have discovered the human brain\u2019s enhanced processing power may stem from differences in the structure and function of our neurons. Credit: Queensland Brain Institute \/ Professor Stephen Williams.<\/p>\n<p>The human brain\u2019s function is remarkable, driving all aspects of our creativity and thoughts. However, the neocortex, a region of the human brain responsible for these cognitive functions, has a similar overall structure to other mammals.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers from <a href=https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/university-of-queensland\/>The University of Queensland (UQ)<\/a>, The Mater Hospital, and the Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital have shown that changes in the structure and function of our neurons may be the cause of the human brain\u2019s increased processing power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have discovered the human brain\u2019s enhanced processing power may stem from differences in the structure and function of our neurons. Credit: Queensland Brain Institute \/ Professor Stephen Williams. The human brain\u2019s function is remarkable, driving all aspects of our creativity and thoughts. However, the neocortex, a region of the human brain responsible for these [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1523,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-computing","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}