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A human brain network specialized for abstract formal reasoning

2025-10-22

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Humans stand out in the animal kingdom for their ability to reason in highly abstract ways. Using a deep-data precision fMRI approach, we identify and richly characterize a network of frontal brain areas that support abstract formal reasoning. This ‘abstract reasoning’ network robustly dissociates from the domain-general Multiple Demand network—the current leading candidate substrate of fluid intelligence—as well...

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d55f464f-afc5-52f4-813c-42506c4aee9b
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10.1101/2025.10.21.683445
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