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Brain Evolution and Human Neuropsychology: The Inferential Brain Hypothesis

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, March 2012
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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Title
Brain Evolution and Human Neuropsychology: The Inferential Brain Hypothesis
Published in
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, March 2012
DOI 10.1017/s1355617712000264
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Abstract

Collaboration between human neuropsychology and comparative neuroscience has generated invaluable contributions to our understanding of human brain evolution and function. Further cross-talk between these disciplines has the potential to continue to revolutionize these fields. Modern neuroimaging methods could be applied in a comparative context, yielding exciting new data with the potential of providing insight into brain evolution. Conversely, incorporating an evolutionary base into the theoretical perspectives from which we approach human neuropsychology could lead to novel hypotheses and testable predictions. In the spirit of these objectives, we present here a new theoretical proposal, the Inferential Brain Hypothesis, whereby the human brain is thought to be characterized by a shift from perceptual processing to inferential computation, particularly within the social realm. This shift is believed to be a driving force for the evolution of the large human cortex. (JINS, 2012, 18, 394-401).

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Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 1 2%
Germany 1 2%
Canada 1 2%
Unknown 46 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 18%
Student > Bachelor 7 14%
Researcher 6 12%
Professor > Associate Professor 5 10%
Other 4 8%
Other 10 20%
Unknown 8 16%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 23 47%
Neuroscience 6 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 8%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 8%
Arts and Humanities 1 2%
Other 4 8%
Unknown 7 14%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 February 2020.
All research outputs
#3,241,949
of 28,812,439 outputs
Outputs from Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
#206
of 1,471 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#18,942
of 181,040 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
#2
of 13 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 1,471 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.6. This one has done well, scoring higher than 85% of its peers.
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