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  2. Brain of Albert Einstein - Wikipedia

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    The brain of Albert Einstein has been a subject of much research and speculation.Albert Einstein's brain was removed within seven and a half hours of his death.His apparent regularities or irregularities in the brain have been used to support various ideas about correlations in neuroanatomy with general or mathematical intelligence.

  3. Sandra Witelson - Wikipedia

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    The lateral sulcus (Sylvian fissure) in a normal brain. In Einstein's brain, this was truncated. Witelson came into possession of three portions of Albert Einstein's brain after being contacted by Dr. Thomas Stoltz Harvey, the pathologist at the hospital where Einstein died. In 1955, he took the brain and, after preserving, photographing, and ...

  4. Ten-percent-of-the-brain myth - Wikipedia

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    The ten-percent-of-the-brain myth or ninety-percent-of-the-brain myth states that humans generally use only one-tenth (or some other small fraction) of their brains. It has been misattributed to many famous scientists and historical figures, notably Albert Einstein . [ 1 ]

  5. Operculum (brain) - Wikipedia

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    Opinions differ on whether Albert Einstein's brain possessed parietal opercula. Falk, et al. claim that the brain actually did have parietal opercula, [6] while Witelson et al. claim that it did not. [7] Einstein's lower parietal lobe (which is involved in mathematical thought, visuospatial cognition and imagery of movement) was 15% larger than ...

  6. Glia - Wikipedia

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    When markers for different types of cells were analyzed, Albert Einstein's brain was discovered to contain significantly more glia than normal brains in the left angular gyrus, an area thought to be responsible for mathematical processing and language. [45]

  7. Case of man missing 90 percent of brain but functioning ... - AOL

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    Despite the reduced brain matter, the man lived a relatively normal life; he was a married civil servant with two kids. He also scored an IQ of 75 which is considered low but not disabled.

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  9. 6 tips to reduce alcohol use and cancer risk after surgeon ...

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    As cancer has been linked to alcohol use, per the surgeon general's new advisory, addiction experts offer helpful tips to cut back on drinking in a safe, healthy way.