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Mammal brains share one developmental plan

All mammal brains studied follow the same developmental plan with no new neuron types across species; what differs is the duration of each developmental stage, so larger brains have more of certain neuron types and appear reorganized but contain no genuinely new parts.

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Speaker

Lisa Feldman Barrett

Evidence Quote

the stages of development in in all of these mammal brains that have been studied different species proceeds in exactly the same order pretty much it what's what changes is the duration of each stage

Source

247 - Constructing MindsMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 1:52:39 AM

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