Fact or Fiction: When It Comes to Intelligence, Does Brain Size Matter?

...new scientific studies across several animal species, including humans, are challenging the notion that brain size alone is a measure of intelligence. Rather, scientists now argue, it is a brain's underlying organization and molecular activity at its synapses (the communication junctions between neurons through which nerve impulses pass) that dictate intelligence. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Christina Wootton - Apr 14, 2009 - 6:31 PM PDT
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Edited by: Christina Wootton - Apr 14, 2009 - 6:31 PM PDT

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by Christina Wootton - Apr. 14, 2009

This piece addresses the long-time debate regarding whether brain size corresponds to the level of intelligence one possesses in an insightful and clear manner. In a well-reported presentation, the article contains a scientific discussion regarding the differences between human beings intellectual ability and the brains of animals. It ends off in a witty conclusion that leaves a smile to the science-loving reader.

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