October 15, 2013 13:00 — 1 Comment
Einstein’s Genius Likely Sparked by Well-connected Hemispheres in His Brain
A study published in the journal Brain has found that the left and right hemispheres of Albert Einstein’s brain were unusually well connected to each other, providing a neurological basis for his genius. The study, which assessed Einstein’s corpus callosum (the bundle of brain fibers connecting the sides of his brain), is the latest to detail brain connectivity. Click here to read the full story.
Yes, it is interesting that the corpus callosum was more massive in Einstein’s brain, but it’s merely connecting the organ, not the site of intellect and cognitive thinking. That, we all know, is a cortical phenomenon, mainly from neocortex. And yet, it is more — neocortex does not think; it only performs and send massages to the other side. The part that does the thinking is the ceterencephalic part of the brain. That is the part of the brain that is almost impossible to study or measure. I don’t even know if there is a relationship between the “volume” of this core and IQ.
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