Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Adv Neurobiol. 2024;36:241-258. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-47606-8_12.
The evolution of the brain in mammals is characterized by changes in size, architecture, and internal organization. Consequently, the geometry of the brain, and especially the size and shape of the cerebral cortex, has changed notably during evolution. Comparative studies of the cerebral cortex suggest that there are general architectural principles governing its growth and evolutionary development. In this chapter, some of the design principles and operational modes that underlie the fractal geometry and information processing capacity of the cerebral cortex in primates, including humans, will be explored. It is shown that the development of the cortex coordinates folding with connectivity in a way that produces smaller and faster brains.
哺乳动物大脑的进化特点是大小、结构和内部组织的变化。因此，大脑的几何形状，特别是大脑皮层的大小和形状，在进化过程中发生了显著变化。对大脑皮层的比较研究表明，存在一些通用的结构原则来控制其生长和进化发展。在本章中，将探讨灵长类动物（包括人类）大脑皮层的分形几何和信息处理能力所基于的一些设计原则和操作模式。结果表明，皮层的发育以一种产生更小、更快的大脑的方式协调折叠与连接。
