When It Comes To The Brain, Size Doesn’t Matter
Perhaps you’ve heard that we humans are special in the animal world because our brains are so very, very big for our size. Not true, as it turns out. Sure, they’re big compared to a bird brain or a dog brain, but in the primate world our brain size is pretty unremarkable–at least according to this [...]
Tags: brain function, craniometry, intelligence, IQ tests, neurology, science claims, scientific studies, Steven Jay Gould, The Mismeasure of Man
Posted August 4, 2010 by Marghi Merzenich under Evolution of the Brain, Neuroscience, Odds and Ends
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