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Tag: brain size

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At Mind Matters News: Did small brains doom the mammoth and the giant armadillo?

A recent study showed that survivors had brains that were 53% larger, which was perhaps useful in avoiding predators. The problem is, it is genuinely unclear what role brain size plays in intelligence.

Posted on May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Author News Comments(3)
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At Mind Matters News: When a tiny brain is actually an advantage

Small size — which includes having a small brain — hones the ogre gnat’s remarkable neurological abilities

Posted on February 19, 2022February 19, 2022 Author News Comment(0)
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At Mind Matters News: Can science really engineer a bigger human brain?

The human brain has actually been shrinking in the last 30,000 years, the same period that has also shown great intellectual achievements.

Posted on August 28, 2021September 1, 2021 Author News Comments(16)
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Birds must choose between big brains and big guts

This is further indirect evidence— not, of course, drawn out here—that the human brain did not develop the way it did simply to enable survival.

Posted on August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 Author News Comments(5)

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