The human brain has no new parts

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A note for Lesson no. 1, "You Have One Brain (Not Three)," in Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett.
Some context from page 22 is:

...the human brain has no new parts. The neurons in your brain can be found in the brains of other mammals and, likely, other vertebrates.

The appendix adds:

As a neuroscientist, I am persuaded by the evidence that supports Finlay’s hypothesis of a common brain-manufacturing plan.

The references associated with this appendix entry are:

  • Passingham et al.[1]
  • Mars et al.[2]
  • Garcia-Cabezas et al.[3]
  • Barrett[4]


References

  1. E.g., Passingham, Richard E., Jeroen B. Smaers, and Chet C. Sherwood. 2017. "Evolutionary Specializations of the Human Prefrontal Cortex." In Evolution of Nervous Systems, second edition, volume 3, edited by Jon H. Kaas, 207–226. New York: Elsevier.
  2. E.g., Mars, Rogier, Richard E. Passingham, Franz-Xaver Neubert, Lennart Verhagen, and Jerome Sallet. 2017. "Evolutionary Specializations of Human Association Cortex" In Evolution of Nervous Systems, second edition, volume 3, edited by Jon H. Kaas, 185–205. New York: Elsevier.
  3. E.g., García-Cabezas, Miguel Ángel, Basilis Zikopoulos, and Helen Barbas. 2019. "The Structural Model: A Theory Linking Connections, Plasticity, Pathology, Development and Evolution of the Cerebral Cortex." Brain Structure and Function 224 (3): 985–1008.
  4. Barrett, Lisa Feldman. 2017. How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain, chapter 7. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.