Psychology

The human brain, the focal point of the central nervous system in humans, controls the peripheral nervous system. In addition to controlling "lower", involuntary, or primarilyautonomic activities such as respiration and digestion, it is also the locus of "higher" order functioning such as thought,reasoning, and abstraction. These cognitive processesconstitute the mind, and, along with their behavioralconsequences, are studied in the field of psychology.

Generally regarded as more capable of these higher order activities, the human brain is believed to be more "intelligent" in general than that of any other known species. Some are capable of creating structures and using simple tools—mostly through instinct and mimicry human technology is vastly more complex, and is constantly evolving and improving through time.

Although being vastly more advanced than many species in cognitive abilities, most of these abilities are known in primitive form among other species. Modern anthropology has tended to bear outDarwin's proposition that "the difference in mind between man and the higher animals, great as it is, certainly is one of degree and not of kind".