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Image shows models of human and chimp skulls with the brains drawn in.

·November 16, 2015·3 min read

Human Brains Evolved to Be More Responsive to Environmental Influences

A new study reports the human brain exhibits greater plasticity than the brains of chimpanzees, which may have accounted for part of our evolution.

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·October 14, 2015·3 min read

Bigger Brains Don’t Mean Higher IQ

Brain structure, rather than brain size, appears to be more important for human intelligence and cognitive function.

This shows a compact white cube and compact purple cube. The models represent brain tissue.

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·August 11, 2015·4 min read

The Brain is Not as Compact as Previously Thought

A new study reports researchers have developed an innovative method to examine brain structure and have discovered that the brain is not as compact as previously thought.

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·July 15, 2015·3 min read

A Hole Lot of Smarts

According to a new study, intelligence in animal species can be estimated by the size of the holes in the skull through which the arteries pass.

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·June 22, 2015·6 min read

The Challenging Bird Brain

Common method used to measure brain size across species is not appropriate for looking at individual differences within the same species, a new study reports.

This image shows a brain slice of an embryonic mouse cerebral cortex. The caption best describes the image.

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·February 27, 2015·3 min read

A Gene for Brain Size

Researchers discover a specific gene only found in humans, Neanderthals and Denisova-Humans which trigger brain stem cells to form a bigger pool of stem cells.

This image shows a human brain in a jar.

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·November 13, 2014·4 min read

Humans’ Big Brains Might Be Due in Part to Newly Identified Protein

Researchers have identified a gene which could help explain why the human brain is larger than those of other animals.

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·January 17, 2013·3 min read

Is Athleticism Linked to Brain Size?

Research shows that exercise-loving mice have larger midbrains.

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·July 31, 2012·4 min read

Protein Involved in DNA Replication, Centrosome Regulation Linked to Dwarfism, Small Brain Size

Research just published by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) links gene mutations found in some patients with Meier-Gorlin syndrome (MGS) with specific cellular dysfunctions that are thought to give rise to a particularly extreme version of dwarfism, small brain size, and other manifestations of abnormal growth which generally characterize that rare condition.