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Size Of Brain Areas Does Matter -- But Bigger Isn't Necessarily Better,
ScienceDaily
 









Excerpts: The ability to hit a baseball or play a piano well is part practice
and part innate talent. One side of the equation required for skilled
performances has its roots in the architecture of the brain genetically
determined before birth, say scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological
Studies. Practice takes no explaining, just persistence. (...) researchers
report that in mice, functional subdivisions of the cortex -- the brain's
powerful central processing unit responsible for higher functions -- must be
just the right size relative to other brain architecture, or mice will
underperform in tests of their skill at the relevant behaviors. (...)
Source: Size Of Brain Areas Does Matter -- But Bigger Isn't Necessarily Better[
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070302111150.htm ], ScienceDaily
& Salk Institute, 2007/03/02
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