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Are all humans born with the same intellectual capacity? #399

Open nelsonic opened 7 years ago

nelsonic commented 7 years ago

This is a question I keep returning to in my quest to understand why some people become intellectual "outliers".

The National Institute for Health concludes that:

"Our brains are all made of the same stuff. Despite individual and ethnic genetic diversity, our prefrontal cortex shows a consistent molecular architecture."

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/our-brains-are-made-same-stuff-despite-dna-differences

Why Human Brains Vary: http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/11/25/why-human-brains-vary-2 Women are smarter than men: http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/07/women-are-smarter-than-men-wel

nelsonic commented 7 years ago

http://www.brainfacts.org/About-Neuroscience/Ask-an-Expert/Articles/2012/Are-you-born-with-all-your-brain-cells-or-do-you-grow-new-ones

Scientists believe that at least one region of the brain — the hippocampus — continues to create new neurons throughout life.

Interestingly, this brain region is involved in learning and memory. The hippocampus forms memories of events and experiences.