So that's why he was a genius! Einstein's 知能 was 予定 to unusual features in his brain

A new 熟考する/考慮する 示唆するs that Albert Einstein's 驚くべき/特命の/臨時の genius may have been 関係のある to a uniquely 形態/調整d brain.

研究員s compared Einstein's brain to 85 'normal' human brains to 決定する, what, if any, unusual features it 所有するd.

'Although the 全体にわたる size and asymmetrical 形態/調整 of Einstein's brain were normal, the prefrontal, somatosensory, 最初の/主要な モーター, parietal, temporal and occipital cortices were 驚くべき/特命の/臨時の,' said Dean Falk, the Hale G. Smith Professor of Anthropology at Florida 明言する/公表する, told?Science Daily.

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Genius: Researc hers now believe the unique 形態/調整 of Einstein's brain may have helped 上げる his cognitive abilities

'These may have 供給するd the neurological underpinnings for some of his visuospatial and mathematical abilities, for instance.'

Using 14 recently discovered pictures of the genius' brain, Falks and her 同僚s were able to desc ribe Einstein's entire cerebral cortex.

Their 熟考する/考慮する, 'The Cerebral Cortex of Albert Einstein: A Description and 予選 分析 of Unpublished Photographs,' will be published Nov. 16 in Brain, a 定期刊行物 on neurology.

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開拓する: Dean Falk and her 同僚s were able to 現在の for the first time a (疑いを)晴らす description of Einstein's cortex

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Legend: 研究員s used photos taken of Einstein's brain upon his death in 1955 to 前進する their findings

With 許可 from his family, Einstein's brain was 除去するd and photographed upon his death in 1955.

It was even sectioned into 240 封鎖するs to make histological slides.

The paper will also 輪郭(を描く) a 'roadmap' to Einstein's brain made in 1955 by Dr. Tho mas Harvey.

Most of those photos, 封鎖するs, and slides have been lost from the public 注目する,もくろむ, and the photographs used by Falk's team are held by the 国家の Museum of Health and 薬/医学.



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