Try "The g-Factor", moron.
The fatter the lip, the dumber the brute.
Brian
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> > Chronos wrote:
> >
> > >Shadow Dancer wrote:
> >
> > >> It is now a generally accepted belief that the smaller gross weight
> > of the
> > >> female brain has no significance other than that of the smaller
> > average size
> > >> of the female.
> > >
> > >Does this mean the fatter a chick gets, the dumber she gets?
> >
> > I think what they're trying to say here is that women have a skeletal
> > structure that is generally smaller in proportion to a man's. A
> > smaller skull would obviously have to contain a smaller brain,
> > although the structures may also be proportionately smaller.
> >
> > However, there are more factors to consider than brain weight itself:
> > brain folding and convolutions; neural complexity; neural connections;
> > types of brain cells; size and complexity of the different brain
> > structures governing behavior; etc.
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Addendum: here's an additional link of interest showing that brain
> mass is not necessarily the ultimate indicator of intelligence:
>>http://members.tripod.com/Dolphinity/intelligencebrain.htm>> The Dolphin Brain
>> Dolphins have very large and folded brains, which (besides the large
> body mass) suggest exceptional intellectual capacity. According to
> brain researcher Pilleri, it can be called into question whether or
> not the brains of Homo Sapiens(human) are the highest in the rankings.
> Dolphins are easily trained and they learn exceptionally fast.
>> However, recent research has shown that the amount of braincells found
> in dolphins is comparatively small. Scientists are coming to the
> conclusion that the dolphin is probably less intelligent than once
> thought. Humans have many more braincells and can therefore learn and
> think a lot quicker.
>> [...]
>> Some of the most extensive modern comparative studies have been made
> by Jerison (e.g.1978), who has developed an index, the encephalization
> quotient (EQ), to express the brain weight/body weight relationship.
> His studies do show some cetaceans (e.g. toothed whales like the
> killer whale and sperm whale) with an EQ similar to humans. However,
> other studies conclude that relative brain size is not necessarily
> related to "intelligence". Pilleri, Gihr and Kraus (1985) made an
> exhaustive study of rodent brain size in relation to behavior and
> concluded that "intelligence", whether human or animal, is not a
> unified brain function, but one which is too complex to be
> characterized with a single numerical index. They found that cerebral
> quotients (various ways of expressing relative brain and body size)
> are generally inconclusive as criteria for mammalian "intelligence".
>> [...]
