Largest animals have smaller brains than expected – Neuroscience News

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Resume: Researchers studied the brain and body sizes of 1,500 species and found that larger animals do not have proportionally larger brains, challenging long-held beliefs. The study reveals that the relationship between brain and body size is curved, not linear. This discovery helps explain why humans and other species deviate from the norm in the … Read more