The brains of pigeons and people look radically different - not surprising given that they have been evolving in different directions for 300 million years. Some of the basic wiring was sorted out before we went our separate ways, but many other structures have evolved in the millennia since. Nevertheless, the brains of birds and people may not be as different as they seem. In primate brains, the pref rental cortex is in charge of our ability to plan behaviour to meet a goal, a skill called executive control.
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