Matter: In the Human Brain, Size Really Isn’t Everything

Thursday, December 26, 2013 - 13:20 in Biology & Nature

Researchers at Harvard argue that the human brain is so advanced not simply because it is large, but because its rapid growth caused neurons to develop new connections and circuits.

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