Can You Live With Half A Brain? | Earth Lab

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Published on June 9, 2016 10:00:09 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02kBkshWh1k

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Does the size of your brain reflect your own intelligence? Greg Foot explains whether or not you can live with half a brain. Let us know your brainy thoughts in the comments below!

Footnotes:
[1] http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/02February/Pages/Mens-and-womens-brains-found-to-be-different-sizes.aspx
[2] http://guides.library.harvard.edu/fas/Brains/Size and http://www.nature.com/news/neanderthal-culture-old-masters-1.12974
[3] http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141216-can-you-live-with-half-a-brain
[4] http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/phineas-gage-neurosciences-most-famous-patient-11390067/?no-ist
[5] http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/phineas-gage-neurosciences-most-famous-patient-11390067/?no-ist
[6] http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/05/phineas_gage_neuroscience_case_true_story_of_famous_frontal_lobe_patient.html
[7] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3870954/
[8] http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/talking-back/new-clues-to-just-how-much-the-adult-brain-can-change/

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