This is remarkable bc we tend to attribute human uniqueness to neocortex. Instead, it's more likely that cerebellum (and basal ganglia?) expanded the most in modern humans. I see this as support for the "delegation to automaticity" hypothesis @jmacshine ht
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Frontiers in Neuroscience April 2014 Delegation to automaticity: the driving force for cognitive evolution? https://t.co/IHkykfZPnA
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"With increasing practice, the basic activities become “automatic,” freeing attentional resources that are only required when some unpredictable (or unusually challenging) situation arises." https://t.co/uOmYkK7BGv
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"Functional neuroimaging could usefully investigate the precise spatiotemporal dynamics that underlie the conversion from goal-directed to automatic behaviors." https://t.co/uHeXKqn6gd