Life's Increasing Complexity Spurred Evolution of Human Brain

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	Life's Increasing Complexity Spurred Evolution of Human Brain

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7-10-2008 6:47 AM

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According to new research from the University of Bristol, lead by Pete
Trimmer, and published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the Royal Society
B., those two types of thinking are completed by two separate areas of
our brains.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/07/lifes-increasin.html"><P>
For a long time scientists have believed that mammals have two decision
making systems in their brains, each one operating at different speeds
depending on the situation around them. Trimmer’s research shows that
the older, more instinctual and thus less accurate thinking may have
helped shape the more recent, methodical thinking.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3B6F3642-F317-40FD-AFE7-821BFEB5687B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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