• Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!

Bigger Brains Make Smarter People Study Says.

Status
Not open for further replies.
"People with bigger brains are smarter according to a Virginia Commonwealth University industrial and organizational psychologist, Michael A. McDaniel, Ph.D. McDaniel, who is a professor in management at VCU's School of Business. He reviewed 26 previous studies comparing brain size and intelligence and found that brain volume has a strong correlation to intelligence. According to McDaniel, 'for all age and sex groups, it is now very clear that brain volume and intelligence are related.' So, how big of a hat do you wear?"
http://www.vcu.edu/uns/Releases/2005/june/061705.html
 
This just in: Obesity caused by excess body mass! More details at 9...
 
That quote is really only a piece of it... there's also the actual #'s of "canyons" in the brain where actual memories and such are stored that also plays a part in it.
 
It would be more accurate to say when comparing human brains, that bigger would be better considering the density involved will be about the same. Bigger doesn't necessarily mean better if the brain has less actual grey matter.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top Bottom