collect information to justify human beings are intelligent and different from any other animal
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It is natural to assume that our superior ability in several areas of mental function correlates to distinct characteristics of the human brain that are not evident in other animals, in particular those of our closest evolutionary relatives, the primates. One of the key differences is the size of the human brain – there is ongoing debate over the usefulness of brain size in understanding intelligence as research has not produced any significant evidence of a relationship between brain size and IQ. However, there is some support for the theory that brain enlargement leads to an increase in neuron connections and this is the crucial factor. The number of brain cells actually remains relatively constant across different species but there is significant variation in their degree of interconnection as well as the complexity of the neuron networks.
Therefore, while we don’t have the largest mammalian brain, we do have the largest brain mass relative to body mass. And this is especially pronounced in the neocortext, a region of the brain accounting for 76% of the total mass and involved in consciousness and language.
The key differences between human and animal cognition arise in four areas:
The ability to recombine different types of knowledge and information to gain new understanding
The ability to generalise apply a “rule” or solution for a known problem to a new and different situation
The ability to create symbolic representations of sensory input and to easily understand them
The ability to detach raw sensory and perceptual input from modes of thought.
In particular, animal intelligence is more like a “laser beam”, applying specific solutions to specific problems whereas human intelligence is more like a “floodlight” which enables us to use our thought processes in innovative ways.
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