期刊
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 104, 期 43, 页码 17146-17151出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0705132104
关键词
comparative cognition; neuroimaging; default mode
资金
- NCRR NIH HHS [RR 00165, P51 RR000165] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH 068791, R01 MH056120, K24 MH076955, R01 MH068791-04, R01 MH068791] Funding Source: Medline
In humans, the wakeful resting condition is characterized by a default mode of brain function involving high levels of activity within a functionally connected network of brain regions. This network has recently been implicated in mental self-projection into the past, the future, or another individual's perspective. Here we use [F-18]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging to assess resting-state brain activity in our closest living relative, the chimpanzee, as a potential window onto their mental world and compare these results with those of a human sample. We find that, like humans, chimpanzees show high levels of activity within default mode areas, including medial prefrontal and medial parietal cortex. Chimpanzees differ from our human sample in showing higher levels of activity in ventromedial prefrontal cortex and lower levels of activity in left-sided cortical areas involved in language and conceptual processing in humans. Our results raise the possibility that the resting state of chimpanzees involves emotionally laden episodic memory retrieval and some level of mental self-projection, albeit in the absence of language and conceptual processing.
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