比較神經心理學bei2 gaau3 san4 ging1 sam1 lei5 hok6英文comparative neuropsychology)係指透過研究動物神經系統行為之間嘅關係,增進對人類神經系統同行為嘅了解。

神經細胞量

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有唔少神經科學家都致力研究唔同動物物種神經細胞之間有乜差異,以及呢啲差異又點樣引致唔同物種喺認知能力等方面嘅差異:絕大多數嘅現存動物物種都有神經細胞,淨係得好似海綿等構造極之簡單嘅動物會冇神經細胞[1];喺有神經系統嘅動物之間,唔同動物嘅神經系統喺規模同結構上可以好唔同,而神經系統嘅規模以及結構同嗰種動物嘅行為以及智能有關,例如喺哺乳類動物當中,腦嘅大細就同智能有正相關[2][3]

物種 全身神經細胞數量 描述
 
秀麗隱桿綫蟲
C. elegans
302
一種行為極之簡單嘅動物;每一條蟲有嘅神經細胞數量同神經細胞之間嘅聯繫都一模一樣,所以神經科學家好興攞佢哋嚟做啲簡單嘅研究[4]
 
白蚱
Cnidaria
≈ 5,600 [5]
冇腦,能夠對外界刺激俾反應,但冇乜智能可言[6]
 
黑腹果蠅
Drosophila melanogaster
≈ 250,000
經已有相當複雜嘅行為;除咗基本嘅維生能力之外,黑腹果蠅公出咗名喺向啲乸求偶嗰陣會進行快速嘅學習,按求偶對象嘅反應調整自己嘅行為[7][8]
 
蜜蜂
Apis
≈ 960,000
具有高度嘅社會性,曉用語言向同伴傳達相當複雜嘅資訊,採蜜嗰時能夠將嘅位置記住超過一個禮拜,仲識得建築大過自己身體好多嘅結構[9]
 
八爪魚
Octopoda
≈ 500,000,000 [10]
係非人類嘅動物當中首屈一指咁聰明嘅;八爪魚具有長期記憶能力、識得學習、曉運用工具[11],喺水族館入面出咗名成日會用各種方法逃走,搞到水族館工作人員好頭痛[12]
 

Felis silvestris catus
≈ 760,000,000 [13]
有複雜嘅行為,有長期記憶能力、識得學習,仲能夠學做各種嘅指令[14]
 
人類
Homo Sapien
≈ 8.6 × 1010
能夠建立文明

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編輯
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