Nature: Grey matter matters for intellect

Insane3D

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Was just reading this article and thought it might be of interest to some here...those with the right amount of grey matter in the right places of course!

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Size may matter after all, when it comes to IQ. A brain imaging study suggests that human intellect is based on the volume of grey matter in certain brain regions, challenging alternative views about the basis of intelligence.

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Nature

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DWW

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Wasn't Einstein's parietal lobe larger than usual or something? I think I read something about McMaster University in Ontario Canada taking a look at his preserved noggin and found that the area used for visualization was larger than average.