At 04:19 PM Saturday 7/21/2007, jon louis mann wrote: >http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn12301&feedId=online-news_rss20 > >A man with an unusually tiny brain a huge fluid-filled chamber called a >ventricle took up most of the room in his skull, leaving little more >than a thin sheet of actual brain tissue more than a 50% to 75% >reduction. > >Intelligence tests showed the man had an IQ of 75. > >"The whole brain was reduced - frontal, parietal, temporal and >occipital lobes - on both left and right sides. These regions control >motion, sensibility, language, vision, audition, and emotional and >cognitive functions," > > "the brain is very plastic and can adapt to some brain damage >occurring in the pre- and postnatal period when treated appropriately," >he says. > >"If something happens very slowly over quite some time, maybe over >decades, the different parts of the brain take up functions that would >normally be done by the part that is pushed to the side," > >Half My IQ And Makes Twice As Much Money Maru >rob > >Money isn't everything, Rob, 150 is genius I.Q. >If this guy had use of the 50- 75% he lost, he could be in the 200 >range.
I don't think anyone has yet established a link between either brain size or percent utilization and intelligence . . . And Don't Ask Me About The Mensa Members I Have Met Maru -- Ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
