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How are our brains different from other animals' brains?

2025/4/11
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Christina Couch: 人类与其他动物的大脑存在显著差异,这体现在大小、形状、结构和功能等多个方面。没有一个简单的答案可以概括这种差异,因为不同物种甚至同一物种内的个体,其大脑在大小、形状和结构上都存在很大差异。例如,人类的大脑非常皱褶,而有些动物的大脑则非常光滑。 章鱼的大脑形状像甜甜圈,而且神经元分布在全身,这与人类大脑的集中式运作方式不同。章鱼的触手可以独立做出一些决定,这体现了动物大脑的多样性。章鱼的触手可以独立做出微小的决定,这体现了动物大脑的多样性。 动物的思维方式取决于它们在环境中生存的需求。人类拥有复杂的大脑,可以进行语言和科技创造等高级认知活动。而老鼠的大脑较小,但它们能够有效地完成觅食、筑巢和躲避捕食者等生存任务。大脑的能量消耗很大,对于体型较小的动物来说,拥有更大更复杂的大脑会增加生存难度。 尽管其他动物的大脑与人类不同,我们无法确切知道它们在想什么。但动物大脑的多样性赋予了它们一些人类不具备的能力,例如某些鸟类可以一边飞行一边睡觉。

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Have you ever looked at an animal and wondered what they were thinking? Us, too! What’s going on in a bobcat’s brain, a newt’s noggin, or a mouse’s mind? We asked science writer and author of Innovative Octopuses, Half-Brained Birds, and More Animals with Magnificent Minds Christina Couch to help us find the answer.

Got a question that’s a real thinker? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact), and we’ll *enter our mind palace *to find the answer!