Ngaphambi kokwazi ukuthi ukuzindla kungaziqeda yini izifo, kumelwe sizibuze ngethonya okungaba nalo emzimbeni.

Ngokwezifundo eziningana^1-4 , ubuchopho bungaba nepulasitiki ethile, okusho ukuthi, bungaqeqeshwa njengomsipha. Ngokugcizelela ikhono lakhe lokugxila, ekuqapheliseni ingaphakathi lethu, okusho ukuthi imicabango nemizwelo yethu, ukuzindla kuyingxenye yalokhu kuqeqeshwa kwengqondo. Ukuwenza kungakhuphula ukugxila kwento empunga ezindaweni ezimbalwa zobuchopho, njenge-hippocampus engakwesokunxele noma i-cerebellum. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abantu abanesipiliyoni eside sokuzindla bane-cerebral cortex ejiyile kunabantu abaqhathaniswa abangakujwayeli ukuzindla. Lo mehluko uphawuleka nakakhulu kubantu asebekhulile, i-cortex yabo iba mncane kancane kancane ngokukhula.

Ngakho-ke manje sekufakazelwe ngokwesayensi ukuthi umsebenzi ongokomoya kuphela ungaba namandla athile phezu komzimba, futhi ikakhulukazi phezu kobuchopho. Kodwa lezi zinguquko ezisebuchosheni zisho ukuthini ekusebenzeni komzimba nasekulapheni izifo ngokujwayelekile?

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