Einstein's brain: It was better than yours

[struggle4progress]

Doyle Rice, USA TODAYShare

6:15AM EST November 16. 2012 - Albert Einstein's brain was "unlike those of most people," according to a new study led by Florida State University evolutionary anthropologist Dean Falk.

"Although the overall size and asymmetrical shape of Einstein's brain were normal. The prefrontal, somatosensory, primary motor, parietal, temporal and occipital cortices were extraordinary," Falk says.

The study, "The Cerebral Cortex of Albert Einstein: A Description and Preliminary Analysis of Unpublished Photographs," will be published Friday in the journal Brain ...

After Einstein died in 1955, his brain was removed and photographed from several angles. Unfortunately, many of the photos of the brain were considered lost for more than 55 years ...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2012/11/15/albert-einstein-brain-photographs/1707425/

[DavidDvorkin]

1. I've always suspected that it was better than mine

Except for the part about mine still being inside my head and working, of course.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

4. +1 nt

[geomon666]

2. Pics or GTFO

n/t

[struggle4progress]

6. OK:

[Berlum]

3. Oh yeah? Check out my sexy somatosensory, parietal, temporal and occipital cortices ...

...then eat your puny prefrontal lobes out.

[BainsBane]

5. No kidding

Some things are obvious.