brain sizes: Einstein's and women's

[Didier A. Depireux]

In bionet.neuroscience Bob LeChevalier <lojbab at lojban.org> wrote:
> "John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote:

> Elephants and whales have significantly larger brains than humans

A good part of the weight of a sperm whale's brain is the pyramidal tract
that send motor commands down the spinal cord. In terms of number of neurons
where it matters for intelligence (association areas, e.g.), they are
'behind' us. 

						Didier

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